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Sunday, October 19, 2003
Online science journal threatens monopoly on reporting advances - Paul Elias, Associated Press
A new online journal wants to radically alter the exchange of scientific information by making vital research available for free to anyone who logs onto the Internet. If the Public Library of Science's online journal succeeds, it could break the stranglehold that expensive, subscription-only journals have on the publication of many scientific breakthroughs. The idea was dismissed as idealistic and unrealistic by many in the scientific and publishing communities when the San Francisco-based organization announced its plans for the journal over the summer. Those critics are now thinking twice. In its first issue last week, the peer-reviewed publication featured a stunning study that forced the world to take notice.
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