The Rise of Open Access

The Rise of Open Access

Comic (October 4, 2013)

The accelerating pace of scientific publishing and the rise of open access, as depicted by xkcd.com cartoonist Randall Munroe.

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• The full-size version of this chart can be found here: http://www.sciencemag.org/site/special/scicomm/infographic.jpg.
• The original article "The Rise of Open Access" on the journal Science can be found here: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6154/58.full.

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This comic is a one-off exclusive created for the Science journal by Randall Munroe.

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