[Irtalk] A social networking site is not an open access repository

[Nason Bimbe]

A social networking site is not an open access repository
http://osc.universityofcalifornia.edu/2015/12/a-social-networking-site-is-not-an-open-access-repository

“What’s the difference between ResearchGate, Academia.edu, and the
institutional repository?”
“I put my papers in ResearchGate, is that enough for the open access policy?
These and similar questions have been been common at open access events
over the past couple of years. Authors want to better understand the
differences between these platforms and when they should use one, the
other, or some combination.
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