Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1100178 | Serials Review | 2008 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
There have been increasing calls for the United States (U.S.) government's implementation of broad public access policies mandating free online access to federally funded research. This study examines the potential impact of such a policy on peer-reviewed forestry literature. The authors analyze information about federal government authorship, federal government funding, and U.S. authorship indicated in articles published in five core forestry journals in 2006. The results of the analysis provide evidence that federal public access legislation would have a significant impact on the accessibility of forestry literature published in leading journals in the field.
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Authors
Bradley Brazzeal, Patrick L. Carr,