In Full Bloom: A Closer Look at Open-Access Publishing | ASH Clinical News | American Society of Hematology
Naseema Gangat, MBBS, is a professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. In the last two decades, open-access publishing has become mainstream and is now like a rose in full bloom within the scientific world. Like Queen Mary’s Garden in London’s Regent’s Park, which boasts about 12,000 roses and is free of charge, the number of open-access journals that provide free online content to readers has blossomed to more than 20,000. 1 Roses at Queen Mary’s Garden in