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Science research may be freed from journals’ ‘unhealthy’ paywalls
The UK government has told academic journal publishers it will make freely available online the publicly-funded research they currently charge for, labelling “paywalls” “deeply unhealthy”.
The news will prove unpopular with academic publishers, which license and peer-review researchers’ work and charge libraries to make it available.
“As taxpayers put their money towards intellectual...
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The UK government has told academic journal publishers it will make freely available online the publicly-funded research they currently charge for, labelling “paywalls” “deeply unhealthy”.
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