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Implementing the Global University Publications Licence: a new open scholarship model for advocating change

By: Jiafeng Zhou,  Ke Wu and  Neil Smyth  
Open Access
|Feb 2021

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.531 | Journal eISSN: 2048-7754
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 27, 2020
Accepted on: Oct 22, 2020
Published on: Feb 17, 2021
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