Equity for Open-Access Journal Publishing e1000165

[...]there is empirical evidence for moral hazard in medicine, and the hyperinflation of medical costs follows in part from this problem. [...]only a minority of the extant open-access journals actually charge processing fees, as first confirmed by the Kaufman-Wills Group [2] and reconfirmed in vari...

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Published inPLoS biology Vol. 7; no. 8
Main Author Shieber, Stuart M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published San Francisco Public Library of Science 01.08.2009
Subjects
Academic libraries
Budgets
Business models
Costs
Equity
Fees & charges
Health care industry
Hyperinflation
Moral hazard
Open access publishing
Publishing industry
Studies
Subscriptions
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Summary:[...]there is empirical evidence for moral hazard in medicine, and the hyperinflation of medical costs follows in part from this problem. [...]only a minority of the extant open-access journals actually charge processing fees, as first confirmed by the Kaufman-Wills Group [2] and reconfirmed in various ways subsequently.
ISSN:1544-9173
1545-7885
DOI:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000165