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. 2003 Oct;1(1):E36.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0000036. Epub 2003 Oct 13.

Why PLoS became a publisher

Patrick O Brown, Michael B Eisen, Harold E Varmus

Why PLoS became a publisher

Patrick O Brown et al. PLoS Biol. 2003 Oct.

Abstract

Public Library of Science has grown from a grassroots movement to a nonprofit publisher, in order to catalyze change towards open-access publishing of the scientific literature

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