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Predatory Publishing: Open Access Publishing

Open Access Explained

Not all Open Access Journals are predatory.

The Open Access publishing model does not make a publisher predatory. Their unethical business practice does.

 

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Understanding Open Access

Open Access is the free, immediate, online availability of research articles combined with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment. Open Access is the needed modern update for the communication of research that fully utilizes the Internet for what it was originally built to do—accelerate research. -- SPARC

As with all information, vet your source and/or the journal where you'd like to publish.

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