Is it open access if registration is required to obtain scientific content?
Some journals require users to register before accessing a scientific paper, despite labelling that content as open access (OA) and free-of-charge. We refer to such cases as members-only OA (MOOA), which we contend is not ‘free’ since users are forced to ‘pa...
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| Main Authors: | Yuki Yamada, Andreas Nishikawa-Pacher, Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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European Association of Science Editors
2023-04-01
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| Series: | European Science Editing |
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| Online Access: | https://ese.arphahub.com/article/98101/download/pdf/ |
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