UCL to launch open-access megajournal

Mega-journals: the future, a stepping stone to it or a leap into the abyss?

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This graph shows the dramatic rise of open access mega-journals such as Plos One, which offer to publish papers based on their scientific soundness rather than the significance or novelty of the results, and which accept research across a broad range of disciplines

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UCL to launch open-access megajournal

London institution thought to be the first in UK to launch open-access publishing platform, as academics move away from traditional scholarly journals

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UCL to launch open-access megajournal

London institution thought to be the first in UK to launch open-access publishing platform, as academics move away from traditional scholarly journals

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Mid-tier journals ‘risk being squeezed out by monopoly publishers’

Would-be heavyweights: the rise of open access mega-journals

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