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. 2011 Nov;9(11):e1001210.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001210. Epub 2011 Nov 29.

Why full open access matters

Michael W Carroll  1
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Why full open access matters

Michael W Carroll. PLoS Biol. 2011 Nov.

Abstract

This perspective explains the mechanics of copyright and scholarly publishing and warns authors who support open-access publishing about a new pseudo open-access publishing model in which authors pay but publishers still retain commercial reuse rights.

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Conflict of interest statement

Michael Carroll has been a member of the Creative Commons Board since 2001, and he is a member of the subset of Directors who advise on the organization's initiatives in science and education.

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