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Editorial: Paying to Publish — What is Open Access and Why is it Important?

Author: Seth. S. Leopold, MD

Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® | Issue 6/2014

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Is it wrong for an author to pay a journal to publish a research paper? …

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Title: Editorial: Paying to Publish — What is Open Access and Why is it Important?
Author: Seth. S. Leopold, MD
Publication date: 01-06-2014
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® / Issue 6/2014
Print ISSN: 0009-921X
Electronic ISSN: 1528-1132
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-014-3615-9

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Editorial: Paying to Publish — What is Open Access and Why is it Important?

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