BMJ  2006;332 (18 February), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7538.0-c

Authors value free access to research articles

Free access to research articles on bmj.com is an important factor in authors' decision on whether to submit their papers to the BMJ. In a cross sectional electronic survey by Schroter (p 394), over half of responding authors said that ending free access to research articles would make them slightly less likely to submit to the BMJ in the future, and two thirds said their view of the journal would change if it closed access to research articles. Authors' comments focused on disappointment with what they saw as a regressive step in the era of open access publishing and the loss of a distinctive feature of the BMJ.


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Importance of free access to research articles on decision to submit to the BMJ: survey of authors
Sara Schroter
BMJ 2006 332: 394-396. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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