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Monday, April 04, 2005

Free backfiles from American Phytopathological Society

American Phytopathological Society opens access to several years of research in online journals. Press Release Beginning in April 2005, The American Phytopathological Society (APS) will offer free access to research articles after 24 months of publication in Phytopathology, Plant Disease, and Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (MPMI). Phytopathology - Fulltext v87+ (1997+); ISSN: 0031-949X. Plant Disease - Fulltext v81+ (1997+) 2 year moving wall; ISSN: 0191-2917. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions Fulltext v10+ (1997+) 2 year moving wall; ISSN: 0894-0282. [Thanks to Gary Price, The ResourceShelf, for bringing this to my attention.]

Posted by George Porter at 4/04/2005 03:41:00 PM.

The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature on the internet. Making it available free of charge and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. Removing the barriers to serious research.

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