Open Access to the Scientific Journal Literature: Situation 2009
The Internet has recently made possible the free global availability of scientific journal articles. Open Access...
Open-Access Mega-Journals: A Bibliometric Profile
In this paper we present the first comprehensive bibliometric analysis of eleven open-access mega-journals (OAMJs). OAMJs...
The Dawn of Open Access to Phylogenetic Data
The scientific enterprise depends critically on the preservation of and open access to published data. This...
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Open Data in Global Environmental Research: The Belmont Forum’s Open Data Survey
This paper presents the findings of the Belmont Forum’s survey on Open Data which targeted the...
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The PLOS ONE collection on machine learning in health and biomedicine: Towards open code and open data
Recent years have seen a surge of studies in machine learning in health and biomedicine, driven...
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An Open Source Image Processing Method to Quantitatively Assess Tissue Growth after Non-Invasive Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Seeded 3D Polymeric Scaffolds
Monitoring extracellular matrix (ECM) components is one of the key methods used to determine tissue quality...
Expanding the actions of Open Government in higher education sector: From web transparency to Open Science
Universities have been pressured by governments to change their way of acting and to be more...
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The Application of the Open Pharmacological Concepts Triple Store (Open PHACTS) to Support Drug Discovery Research
Integration of open access, curated, high-quality information from multiple disciplines in the Life and Biomedical Sciences...
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Open access publishers: The new players
The essential role of journals as registries of scientific activity in all areas of knowledge justifies...
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Clinical evaluation of semi-automatic open-source algorithmic software segmentation of the mandibular bone: Practical feasibility and assessment of a new course of action
Computer assisted technologies based on algorithmic software segmentation are an increasing topic of interest in complex...
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