Authors: Rantanen, Tommi (2007).Download file: 'Opening academics: Opening access in the academic world' - Executive Summary Report, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland.
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Scientific publishing has been dominated by a few larger publishers, who have been able to raise the journal prices faster than the inflation rate justifies. Especially in basic sciences journal prices have increased 60- 98% between 1995 and 2001 (Valsiner 2006).
