For 481 biomedical open access journals, articles are not searchable in the Directory of Open Access Journals nor in conventional biomedical databases

For 481 biomedical open access journals, articles are not searchable in the Directory of Open Access Journals nor in conventional biomedical databases

Background. Open access (OA) journals allows access to research papers free of charge to the reader. Traditionally, biomedical researchers use databases like MEDLINE and EMBASE to discover new advances. However, biomedical OA journals might not fulfill such databases’ criteria, hindering disseminati...

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Main Authors: Mads Svane Liljekvist, Kristoffer Andresen, Hans-Christian Pommergaard, Jacob Rosenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2015-05-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
DOAJ
Directory of Open Access Journals
Databases
Literature
Open access
Biomedicine
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/972.pdf

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