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BMJ 2010; 340 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c2243 (Published 28 April 2010) Cite this as: BMJ 2010;340:c2243
- Ane Krag Jakobsen, MD1,
- Robin Christensen, senior biostatistician2,
- Robert Persson, MD3,
- Else Marie Bartels, senior research librarian2,
- Lars Erik Kristensen, MD4
- 1Department of Urology, Roskilde University Hospital, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
- 2Parker Institute: Musculoskeletal Statistics Unit, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 3Eden Primary Care Unit, Region Skåne, Malmö, Sweden
- 4Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund, Section of Rheumatology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- anekrag{at}yahoo.com
In open access publishing scholarly communication is made available free of charge on the internet. In biomedical research, authors or sponsors often pay a fee to a publisher to enable immediate free online access.1 2 A few journals operate entirely under this model, whereas others use a hybrid model allowing authors to choose between subscription access and author-paid …
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