Some open access (OA) publishers charge authors fees to make their articles freely
available online. This paper reviews literature on article processing charges (APCs) that has …

Background Evidence-based medicine has become the foundation for surgeons around the
world to provide the most effective surgical care. However, the article processing charges …

Women are generally underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM). As scientific production reflects scholarly impact and participation in …

Health sciences research is a major tool in exchanging publications and knowledge
between the various countries of the world. Researchers in developing countries barely …

Open access journals (OAJ) in biomedicine are promoted to improve the reach and
distribution of global health research (GHR). However, in the last 20 years, article publishing …

Dissemination has been defined as 'the targeted distribution of information and intervention
materials to a specific public health or clinical practice audience', 1 and as being 'simply …

Objective With the recent paradigm shift in neurosurgical publications, open access (OA)
publishing is burgeoning along with traditional publishing methods. We aimed to explore …

Objective To evaluate whether a citation advantage exists for open access (OA) publications
in gynecologic oncology. Method A cross-sectional study of research and review articles …

Biomedical fields have seen a remarkable increase in hybrid Gold open access articles.
However, it is uncertain whether the hybrid Gold open access option contributes to a citation …

Objectives This study aimed to map out African health journals using publicly-available
information on major databases. Methods The authors searched the African Journals Online …