December 21st, 2003 | RESEARCH
A ghost is wandering around the web: it is called open access, a proposal to modify the circulation system of scientific information which has landed on the sacred soil of scientific literature. The circulation system of scientific magazines has recently started faltering, not because this instrument is no longer a guarantee of quality, but rather for economic reasons. In countries such as Great Britain, as shown in the following chart, the past twenty years have seen a dramatic increase in subscription fees, exceeding by far the prices of other publishing products and the average inflation rate. The same trend applies to the United States.
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Mauro Scanu, Author, ISASCitation
Identifier Type: ISSN
Identifier: 1824-2049
Publication: Journal of Science Communication
Volume: 2
Number: 4
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Audience: General Public | Scientists | Undergraduate | Graduate Students
Discipline: Computing and information science | General STEM | Technology
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
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