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OPEN ACCESS?By Emma Walker
What is Open Access?
"Open Access is the free, immediate, online availability of research articles coupled with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment. “
SPARC (2007) Open access - SPARC. Available at: http://sparcopen.org/open-access/ (Accessed: 2016).
Advantages of Open Access
http://libguides.aston.ac.uk/c.php?g=356327&p=2404666
Disadvantages of Open Access
■Encourages journals to publish more articles but of a lower quality
■Publication fees - normally for the author which could discourage them from going open access.
■Unsustainable for the author
Phony vs Legitimate
Open Access Strategies
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