Dissemination of scientific information through open access by research scientists in a developing country
This study investigated the perceptions and factors that researchers had about Open Access (OA) publishing, specifically how it affected their decision to publish or not. The Diffusion of Innovation Theory by Rogers served as the study's main guide, and 15 research scientists from Ghana's...
Main Authors: | Philip Kwaku Kankam, Lawrencia Donkor Acheampong, DeGraft Johnson Dei |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-04-01
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Series: | Heliyon |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S240584402404636X |
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