Open access medical journals: Promise, perils, and pitfalls

Academic Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 634-639

  Baker, Eileen F ^a,b   Iserson, Kenneth V ^c   Aswegan, Andrew L ^d   Larkin, Gregory L ^e   Derse, Arthur R ^f   Kraus, Chadd K ^g  

^a Riverwood Emergency Services Inc   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Union Hospital   (United States)

^e NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^g GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ETHICS; HUMAN; OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING;

EID: 85065323794     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002563     Document Type: Review

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