Open Access and the developing World The free exchange of scientific and medical information can play an important role in international development.
BioMed Central provides free, immediate online access to the full text of all research articles published within its portfolio of 276 peer-reviewed journals, and through its open access waiver fund, enables scientific authors in low-income countries to overcome the financial barriers to publishing in open access journals.
Open access provides a way for researchers from low-income countries to participate more fully in the international research community, and so BioMed Central has created a set of initiatives designed to increase the visibility and output of scientific research from these countries.
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