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List of figures and tables |
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About the editors |
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About the contributors |
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2 | (1) |
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3 | (4) |
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7 | (1) |
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2 Changing knowledge ecologies and the transformation of the scholarly journal |
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9 | (76) |
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10 | (3) |
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Forces of epistemic disruption |
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13 | (7) |
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Breaking point 1 How Knowledge is made available |
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20 | (14) |
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Breaking point 2 Designing Knowledge Credibly |
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34 | (9) |
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Breaking point 3 Evaluating Knowledge, once designed |
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43 | (22) |
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Framing knowledge futures |
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65 | (8) |
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73 | (1) |
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74 | (11) |
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3 Sustaining the `Great Conversation': the future of scholarly and scientific journals |
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85 | (28) |
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Introduction: the `Great Conversation' of science |
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85 | (2) |
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87 | (9) |
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Going digital, and its consequences: the rise of non-commercial electronic journals |
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96 | (4) |
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100 | (7) |
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107 | (2) |
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109 | (4) |
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4 Academic journals in a context of distributed knowledge |
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113 | (26) |
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Jose Luis Gonzalez Quiros |
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113 | (3) |
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Institutional and subject-based repositories |
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116 | (2) |
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From linguistic and disciplinary monopoly to the pluralism of languages and cultures |
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118 | (6) |
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The Popperian model of knowledge |
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124 | (2) |
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Journals as innovation in assembly |
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126 | (6) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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134 | (5) |
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5 Business models in journals publishing |
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139 | (20) |
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The characteristics of the journals business |
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140 | (1) |
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The life cycle of a journal |
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141 | (2) |
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143 | (3) |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (2) |
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Alternative business models |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (3) |
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Future of business models |
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153 | (3) |
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156 | (3) |
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6 The growth of Journals publishing |
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159 | (20) |
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159 | (1) |
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160 | (3) |
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Recent growth in the number of titles |
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163 | (5) |
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Changes in the number of articles and length of articles |
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168 | (4) |
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172 | (1) |
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The growth of electronic journals |
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173 | (1) |
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Predictions for the future |
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174 | (2) |
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176 | (1) |
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177 | (2) |
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7 The post-Gutenberg open access journal |
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179 | (16) |
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The classical learned journal |
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180 | (1) |
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Publishing for income vs. publishing for impact |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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Reprint requests and author give-aways |
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183 | (1) |
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Access barriers and impact barriers |
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183 | (1) |
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The post-Gutenberg galaxy |
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184 | (1) |
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Open access (and almost open access) |
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184 | (1) |
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Universal green open access may eventually make subscriptions unsustainable |
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185 | (1) |
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Gold open access publishing |
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186 | (1) |
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Would pay-to-publish lower peer-review standards? |
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187 | (1) |
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Improving the efficiency of peer review while lowering its price |
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188 | (1) |
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Peer feedback after posting instead of peer filtering before publishing? |
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189 | (1) |
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The post-Gutenberg journal: optimal and inevitable for research and researchers |
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190 | (1) |
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190 | (5) |
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8 How the rise of open access is altering journal publishing |
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195 | (28) |
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How the rise of open access is altering journal publishing |
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196 | (5) |
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The independent origins of open access |
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201 | (2) |
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Self-archiving open access |
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203 | (3) |
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Open access journal publishing |
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206 | (1) |
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Open access independent journal publishing |
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207 | (1) |
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Open access scholarly society journal publishing |
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208 | (2) |
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Commercial publishers' open access |
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210 | (2) |
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212 | (2) |
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214 | (1) |
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214 | (4) |
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218 | (5) |
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9 Sold open access: the future of the academic journal? |
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223 | (26) |
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224 | (3) |
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The mega and cascade journal concepts |
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227 | (7) |
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234 | (3) |
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237 | (1) |
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Is the hybrid journal dying? |
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238 | (3) |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (1) |
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243 | (1) |
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244 | (5) |
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10 The future of copyright: what are the pressures on the present system? |
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249 | (10) |
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Introduction: the history and politics of copyright |
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250 | (2) |
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Why it takes a long time to change copyright law |
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252 | (2) |
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What are the other influences on the future of copyright? |
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254 | (1) |
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Territorial rights in the Internet age |
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255 | (1) |
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What will be the key influences on the future of copyright? |
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255 | (2) |
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257 | (2) |
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11 Journals ranking and impact factors: how the performance of journals is measured |
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259 | (40) |
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259 | (1) |
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Conventional measurement types |
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260 | (7) |
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267 | (4) |
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Author behaviour and journal strategies |
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271 | (8) |
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279 | (1) |
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279 | (6) |
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285 | (3) |
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Peer-review panel judgements |
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288 | (2) |
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Combination peer review and quantitative evaluation |
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290 | (3) |
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293 | (1) |
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294 | (1) |
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294 | (1) |
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294 | (5) |
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12 The role of repositories in the future of the journal |
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299 | (18) |
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The current repository landscape |
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301 | (2) |
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Repositories and open access to the published literature |
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303 | (5) |
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Further impact of repositories |
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308 | (4) |
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312 | (1) |
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313 | (4) |
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13 The role of the academic library |
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317 | (14) |
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317 | (1) |
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Journal provision in UK academic libraries |
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318 | (2) |
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International perspectives |
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320 | (3) |
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Libraries and open access |
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323 | (1) |
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Researcher behaviours and library use |
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324 | (2) |
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326 | (1) |
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327 | (1) |
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International data sources |
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328 | (1) |
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328 | (3) |
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14 Doing medical journals differently: Open Medicine, open access and academic freedom |
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331 | (26) |
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The violation of editorial independence at the CMAJ |
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334 | (3) |
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A brief history of editorial interference in medical journal publishing |
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337 | (2) |
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Open Medicine as an independent medical research journal |
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339 | (1) |
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340 | (1) |
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Academic freedom and open access |
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341 | (3) |
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344 | (2) |
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The first five years at Open Medicine |
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346 | (3) |
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The path to financial sustainability |
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349 | (1) |
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349 | (1) |
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350 | (1) |
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350 | (1) |
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351 | (6) |
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15 The Elsevier Article of the Future project: a novel experience of online reading |
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357 | (22) |
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357 | (1) |
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Redesign of the article presentation |
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358 | (3) |
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Three-pane-based content exploration |
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361 | (6) |
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Comparing the Article of the Future with traditional publications |
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367 | (8) |
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375 | (1) |
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376 | (1) |
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377 | (2) |
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16 The future of Latin American academic journals |
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379 | (22) |
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Jorge Enrique Delgado-Troncoso |
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379 | (1) |
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The growth of journals in LAC |
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380 | (1) |
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381 | (1) |
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Open access and the expansion of higher education in LAC |
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381 | (3) |
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Regional bibliographic indexes and catalogues |
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384 | (3) |
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Other important regional initiatives |
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387 | (1) |
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National agencies and experiences |
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388 | (1) |
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What is ahead for LAC journals? |
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389 | (4) |
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393 | (1) |
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394 | (2) |
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396 | (5) |
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17 The status and future of the African journal |
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401 | (24) |
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401 | (2) |
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403 | (1) |
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The current publishing environment within Africa |
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404 | (9) |
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Why are journals published? |
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413 | (4) |
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417 | (5) |
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422 | (1) |
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423 | (2) |
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18 Academic journals in China: past, present and future |
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425 | (14) |
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A brief history of Chinese academic journals |
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426 | (1) |
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The development of academic journals in today's China |
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427 | (5) |
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The future of Chinese academic journals |
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432 | (4) |
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436 | (1) |
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436 | (3) |
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