Journal reputation, topical relevance, availability of journal’s content, career benefit and the cost of publication are the most common problems when deciding to publish an article in Open Access journals (Park, J. H., & Qin, J., 2007)
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1. http://openscience.com/current-state-of-research-on-attitudes-toward-open-access-park-and-qins-study
2. http://utpjournals.metapress.com/content/c97213218720314m/fulltext.pdf
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