OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS: AN OVERVIE

Authors

  • Pradipta Roy Chowdhury Sen

Keywords:

Open access journal, publication, disadvantages, benefits

Abstract

Open access journals are considered to be the future of scholarly journals due to their unique features. But at the same time various flaws are also found to be present in the system. The article, here aims to review the benefits and weaknesses of the open access system of publication.

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Published

2015-09-30

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 10 (2015): SEPTEMBER 2015

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Articles

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