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14 Bioline International and the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine: A Collaborative Model of Open-Access Publishing
Pages 58-62

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From page 58...
... The goal of Bioline International, which started in 1993, is to improve the visibility, accessibility, and availability of research material from developing countries. Much of this research material is of high quality and is especially important to people in developing regions as well as to people in the North.
From page 59...
... This in turn leads to lower citations for the published articles, so that journals with a low impact factor continue to remain less subscribed and poorly visible. One of the most important problems with journals from developing countries is the poor visibility of the published articles.
From page 60...
... In addition to learning more about the open-access models, other plans for Bioline include expanding to include other journals, such as the East and Central African Journal of Surgery. We recently signed an agreement with the African Journal of Reproductive Health, which provides important scientific information on material related to reproductive issues and health issues for women in Africa.
From page 61...
... The Ptolemy Project gives us a window on that particular aspect of user behavior.4 Bioline must set up multiple mirror sites so that there will be a site for the local journals as more partners are created in Africa and India. This site will provide even faster access and eventually allow them to take up the operation on their own.


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