Episode Synopsis "The long wait for longform open access"

Charting the history of open access policy for long form publications in the UK, Simon Kerridge argues that the most recent delay may herald an even more distant future for open access books. The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the national system in the UK for assessing the quality of research in institutions of higher … Continued

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