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15 October 2009

First international open-access week

Marin Dacos
Directeur du Centre pour l’édition électronique ouverte (Cléo)

Open Access is the principle that all research should be freely accessible online, immediately after publication. The Open Access philosophy was firmly articulated in 2002, when the Budapest Open Access Initiative was introduced. It quickly took root in the scientific and medical communities because it offered an alternative route to research literature that was frequently closed off behind costly subscription barriers. It is a growing international mouvement that relies on the Internet technologies.

Since its foundation in 1999, Revues.org publishing platform has encouraged open-access principles in the humanities and social sciences. Out of 220 Revues.org member journals, about 90 publications offer full open-access to their articles.

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Three platforms for electronic resources in the humanities and social sciences: Revues.org, Hypotheses.org, Calenda