This week marks the eighth annual Open Access Week, which champions scholarly work being made part of the “knowledge commons” for the benefit of all.
Many scholarly articles, though they may be publicly funded, remain restricted as a result of paywalls or copyright restrictions.
These barriers, critics charge, thwart the advancement and sharing of knowledge—and that hurts everyone, not just those in academic fields.
As the Open Access Week website states:
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