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Archives: Pay It Forward

The Costs of Flipping our Dollars to Gold

An interview with MacKenzie Smith and Ivy Anderson, discussing the recent Pay It Forward report on the economic impact of a shift to Gold open access for scholarly journals.

  • By Alison Mudditt
  • Aug 24, 2016
  • 10 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

The Pay It Forward Project: Confirming What We Already Knew About Open Access

A new study from the University of California system confirms much of what we already knew about open access, particularly the increased financial burden it places on productive universities.

  • By David Crotty
  • Aug 9, 2016
  • 33 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

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