Open access - the impact of legislative developments

Author: Waltham, Mary

Source: Learned Publishing, Volume 18, Number 2, April 2005 , pp. 101-114(14)

Publisher: Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

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Abstract:

An account is given of the development of the idea of open access for the results of STM research over the period 1999-2005 with particular attention to PubMed Central and to the initiatives of the legislatures in the US and UK in 2004. Stakeholder responses to open access arebriefly reviewed and possible future developments are outlined.

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Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/0953151053585019

Publication date: 2005-04-01

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North American Editor: Diane Scott-Lichter
Reviews Editor: Pippa Smart

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