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A decade of open access policy at the Gates Foundation based on experimentation, evidence and evolution Cover

A decade of open access policy at the Gates Foundation based on experimentation, evidence and evolution

By: Ashley Farley  
Open Access
|Jan 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1629/uksg.690 | Journal eISSN: 2048-7754
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 25, 2024
Accepted on: Nov 7, 2024
Published on: Jan 28, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 3 issues per year

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