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ArticlePublic health action2014

Open access for operational research publications from low- and middle-income countries: who pays?

R Zachariah, A M V Kumar, A J Reid, R Van den Bergh, P Isaakidis, B Draguez, P Delaunois, S B Nagaraja, A Ramsay, J C Reeder and 11 more

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Article in Public health action, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

R ZachariahMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Operational Centre Brussels, Medical Department, Operations Research Unit (LUXOR), MSF-Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
A M V KumarInternational Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), South-East Asia Office, New Delhi, India.
A J ReidMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Operational Centre Brussels, Medical Department, Operations Research Unit (LUXOR), MSF-Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
R Van den BerghMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Operational Centre Brussels, Medical Department, Operations Research Unit (LUXOR), MSF-Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
P IsaakidisMSF, Mumbai, India.
B DraguezMSF, Medical Department, Brussels Operational Center, Belgium.
P DelaunoisMSF, General Direction, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
S B NagarajaDepartment of Community Medicine, Employees State Insurance Corporation Medical College and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Bangalore, India.
A RamsayUnited Nations Children's Fund/United Nations Development Programme/World Bank/World Health Organization Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland ; University of St Andrews Medical School, Scotland, UK.
J C ReederUnited Nations Children's Fund/United Nations Development Programme/World Bank/World Health Organization Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
O DenisiukInternational HIV/AIDS Alliance, Kyiv, Ukraine.
E AliMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Operational Centre Brussels, Medical Department, Operations Research Unit (LUXOR), MSF-Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
M KhogaliMédecins Sans Frontières (MSF), Operational Centre Brussels, Medical Department, Operations Research Unit (LUXOR), MSF-Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
S G HinderakerCentre for International Health, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
R J KosgeiUniversity of Nairobi, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nairobi, Kenya.
J van GriensvenInstitute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
G L QuaglioScience and Technology Option Assessment (STOA), Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services (EPRS), European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium.
D MaherWellcome Trust, London, UK.
N E BilloThe Union, Centre for Operational Research, Paris, France.
R F TerryUnited Nations Children's Fund/United Nations Development Programme/World Bank/World Health Organization Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
A D HarriesThe Union, Centre for Operational Research, Paris, France ; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Funding

Wellcome TrustWorld Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Open-access journal publications aim to ensure that new knowledge is widely disseminated and made freely accessible in a timely manner so that it can be used to improve people's health, particularly those in low- and middle-income countries. In this paper, we briefly explain the differences between closed- and open-access journals, including the evolving idea of the 'open-access spectrum'. We highlight the potential benefits of supporting open access for operational research, and discuss the conundrum and ways forward as regards who pays for open access.

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journalsknowledgeoperational researchpublicationsSORT IT

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PMID26400799
PMCPMC4533806

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