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Do open access journals in other disciplines reach new audiences of readers?

April 26, 2017audiences disciplines Journals REACH readers

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Do open access journals in other disciplines reach new audiences of readers?

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Many advocates of open access publishing believe that it reaches new audiences, particularly researchers in the South where access to both print journals and commercial databases is much more limited than in North America and western Europe. Perhaps the best source for reports on this and other developments in open access publishing is Peter Suber’s monthly SPARC Open Access Newsletter & Forum.