Knowledge sharing in global health research – the impact, uptake and cost of open access to scholarly literature

Abstract Background In 1982, the Annals of Virology published a paper showing how Liberia has a highly endemic potential of Ebola warning health authorities of the risk for potential outbreaks; this journal is only available by subscription. Limiting the accessibility of such knowledge may have redu...

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Main Authors: Elise Smith, Stefanie Haustein, Philippe Mongeon, Fei Shu, Valéry Ridde, Vincent Larivière
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-08-01
Series:Health Research Policy and Systems
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12961-017-0235-3