Worldwide inequality in access to full text scientific articles: the example of ophthalmology

Boudry, Christophe; Álvarez-Muñoz, Patricio; Arencibia Jorge, Ricardo; Ayena, Didier; J. Brouwer, Niels; Zia, Chaudhuri; Chawner, Brenda; Epée, Emilienne; Errais, K.; Fotouhi, Akbar; Gharaibeh, Almutez; H. Hassanein, Dina; C. Herwig‐Carl, Martina; Howard, Katherine; Kaimbo Wa Kaimbo, D.; Laughrea, Patricia-Ann; Ariel López, Fernando; D. Machin‐Mastromatteo, Juan; Korn Malerbi, Fernando; Amadou Ndiaye, Papa; Asrini Noor, Nina; Pacheco-Mendoza, Josmel; P. Papastefanou, Vasilios; Shah, Mufarriq; L. Shields, Carol; Xing Wang, Ya; D Yartsev, V; Mouriaux, F.

doi:10.7717/peerj.7850

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Worldwide inequality in access to full text scientific articles: the example of ophthalmology

Published in PeerJ • Oct 30, 2019

Authors:

Christophe Boudry

Patricio Álvarez-Muñoz

Ricardo Arencibia Jorge

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The problem of access to medical information, particularly in low-income countries, has been under discussion for many years. Although a number of developments have occurred in the last decade (e.g., the open access (OA) movement and the website Sci-Hub), everyone agrees that these diffi...

Subject

Inequality

Computer science

Optometry

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