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OpenAPC: a contribution to a transparent and reproducible monitoring of fee-based open access publishing across institutions and nations Cover

OpenAPC: a contribution to a transparent and reproducible monitoring of fee-based open access publishing across institutions and nations

Open Access
|Oct 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.439 | Journal eISSN: 2048-7754
Language: English
Submitted on: Jul 16, 2018
Accepted on: Aug 22, 2018
Published on: Oct 10, 2018
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

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