What’s on the (publication fee) menu, who pays the bill and what should be the venue?

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Published: Jun 11, 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.468
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Open access publishing fees.
A. C. TSIKLIRAS
Laboratory of Ichthyology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
K. I. STERGIOU
Laboratory of Ichthyology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Abstract
We address the cost of access to knowledge and its ethical implications in ‘true’, ‘pseudo’ and ‘hybrid’ OA journals.
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