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Classifying open access business models

Insights
Volume 37 (2024): Issue 1
By: Tasha Mellins-Cohen  
Open Access
|Oct 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.667 | Journal eISSN: 2048-7754
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Language: English
Submitted on: May 23, 2024
Accepted on: Jul 1, 2024
Published on: Oct 1, 2024
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year
Keywords:
business model,
open access,
processing charge,
subscribe to open,
transformative deal

© 2024 Tasha Mellins-Cohen, published by Ubiquity Press
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