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- Mind the Gap: Gender Disparity in Scholarly Publishing Revisited
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- Easing Discovery: A New Website for PLOS
- Joint COAR-UNESCO Statement on Open Access
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- American Chemical Society Supports Open Access Goals of Dutch Universities
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- Scholarly-Communication Reform: Why Is it So Hard to Talk About, and Where are the Authors?
- The Power of Community — Why Much of Scholarly Publishing Is Unlikely to Change Quickly
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