The impact of open access on knowledge production, consumption and dissemination in Kenya's higher education system.
Open access (OA) journal publishing is presented in the literature as both an opportunity for and a threat to academics, authors and higher education systems. Institutions with information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure have enabled their academics to freely retrieve accessible...
| Publicado en: | Third World Quarterly Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. 1408 - 1425 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2022
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