Public access’s next frontier

In the past two decades, the scientific world has waged an extraordinary campaign for openness. As paywalls fell and repositories surged, what had once been locked away could now be read by most anyone with an internet connection.

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Science
Published
2026-01-29
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aef7772
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Academic Publishing and Open Access
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Public access’s next frontier

Meagan Phelan
Science
Academic Publishing and Open Access
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Public access’s next frontier

Meagan Phelan
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Abstract

In the past two decades, the scientific world has waged an extraordinary campaign for openness. As paywalls fell and repositories surged, what had once been locked away could now be read by most anyone with an internet connection.

ScienceVol. 391(6784)
Openalex Percentile: Top 76%
Academic Publishing and Open Access
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