[kictanet] Open Access Publications

[Collins Areba]

I think it's all about the pay wall.  An easier way for the publishers
might be to just publish the content under the desired license guidelines
while retaining the rest of their staff within the walled garden.

Which is terrible because most of that research relies on freely available
information.

On 16 Jan 2017 06:39, "Martin Gicheru via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Interesting choice of news source. Onto the topic, I wonder, do they limit
> the number of publications they can publish on, thus meaning if they limit
> themselves to some that don't have open access they'd disadvantage
> themselves?
>
> Regards,
> Martin Gicheru
>
> On 15 Jan 2017 22:30, "Phares Kariuki via kictanet" <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> http://www.nature.com/news/gates-foundation-research-can-t-
> be-published-in-top-journals-1.21299
>
> Interesting development
>
> --
> Phares
>
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