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Open access

Xia, J. (2011). "Constructing the structure underlying open access practices". Journal of Information Science. 37 (3): 322–331. doi:10.1177/0165551511404868.
Oppenheim, C. (2008). "Electronic scholarly publishing and open access". Journal of Information Science. 34 (4): 577–590. doi:10.1177/0165551508092268. S2CID 33583907.
Spears, Melinda Spears; Rachel Vyse (Fall 2007). "The Human Right To Know and the Open Access Movement: An Optimal Path for Scholarly Journals". Pacific Northwest Library Association Quarterly. 72 (1): 10. ISSN 0030-8188.
Cryer, E. (2011). "Incorporating Open Access into Libraries". Serials Review. 37 (2): 103–130. doi:10.1016/j.serrev.2011.03.002.
Cullen, R.; Chawner, B. (2011). "Institutional Repositories, Open Access, and Scholarly Communication: A Study of Conflicting Paradigms". The Journal of Academic Librarianship. 37 (6): 460. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2011.07.002.
Van Orsdel, Lee C.; Kathleen Born (15 April 2006). "Journals in the time of Google". Library Journal: 39–44.
Yoon, Y. (2005). "Legitimacy, Public Relations, and Media Access: Proposing and Testing a Media Access Model". Communication Research. 32 (6): 762–793. doi:10.1177/0093650205281081. S2CID 206437088.
Albert, Karen M. (July 2006). "Open access: implications for scholarly publishing and medical libraries". Journal of the Medical Library Association. 94 (3): 253–262. PMC 1525322. PMID 16888657.
Monastersky, Richard; Susan Brown (9 February 2007). "Publishers Hire PR Firm to Counter Open-Access Publishing Movement; Former Board of 'Topology' Starts a Rival Journal". Chronicle of Higher Education. 53 (23): 18.
Schwartz, Charles A. (November 2005). "Reassessing Prospects for the Open Access Movement". College & Research Libraries. 66 (6): 488–495. doi:10.5860/crl.66.6.488.
Correia, A. M. R.; Teixeira, J. C. (2005). "Reforming scholarly publishing and knowledge communication: From the advent of the scholarly journal to the challenges of open access". Online Information Review. 29 (4): 349. doi:10.1108/14684520510617802.

Open science

Rodriguez, V. (2009). "Access to data and material for research: Putting empirical evidence into perspective". New Genetics and Society. 28: 67–70. doi:10.1080/14636770802670274. S2CID 145495594.
Nelson, R. R. (2003). "The advance of technology and the scientific commons". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 361 (1809): 1691–1708. Bibcode:2003RSPTA.361.1691N. doi:10.1098/rsta.2003.1228. PMID 12952681. S2CID 35466275.
Ross, S. S. (2011). "Book Review: Cribb, J., & Sari, T. (2010). Open Science: Sharing Knowledge in the Global Century. Collingwood, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO. Pp. 221. ISBN 978-0643097636". Science Communication. 33 (2): 264–226. doi:10.1177/1075547011409953. S2CID 146979131.
David, Paul A. (May 1998). "Common Agency Contracting and the Emergence of "Open Science" Institutions". The American Economic Review. 88 (2): 15–21. JSTOR 116885.
Schroeder, R. (2007). "E‐Research Infrastructures and Open Science: Towards a New System of Knowledge Production?1". Prometheus. 25: 1–0. doi:10.1080/08109020601172860. S2CID 14870731.
Nelson, Richard R. (15 August 2003). "The Advance of Technology and the Scientific Commons". Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 361 (1809): 1691–1708. Bibcode:2003RSPTA.361.1691N. doi:10.1098/rsta.2003.1228. JSTOR 3559217. PMID 12952681. S2CID 35466275.
Fabrizio, K. R.; Di Minin, A. (2008). "Commercializing the laboratory: Faculty patenting and the open science environment". Research Policy. 37 (5): 914. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2008.01.010. hdl:11382/302922. S2CID 154940160.
Mukherjee, A.; Stern, S. (2009). "Disclosure or secrecy? The dynamics of Open Science☆". International Journal of Industrial Organization. 27 (3): 449. doi:10.1016/j.ijindorg.2008.11.005. S2CID 73596369.
Rowe, Elizabeth A. (2007). "The experimental use exception to patent infringement - do universities deserve special treatment?". Maine Law Review. 59 (2): 284–313.
- Peetherbridge, Lee (2007). "Road map to revolution: Patent based open science". Maine Law Review. 59 (2): 340–383.
Joly, Yann (2007). "Open source approaches in biotechnology: Utopia revisited". Maine Law Review. 59 (2): 386–405.
Ding, W. W. (2010). "The Impact of Founders' Professional-Education Background on the Adoption of Open Science by For-Profit Biotechnology Firms". Management Science. 57 (2): 257–273. doi:10.1287/mnsc.1100.1278.
Evans, J. A. (2010). "Industry collaboration, scientific sharing, and the dissemination of knowledge". Social Studies of Science. 40 (5): 757–791. doi:10.1177/0306312710379931. S2CID 145774515.
Sanders, A. K. (2006). "Limits to database protection: Fair use and scientific research exemptions". Research Policy. 35 (6): 854–201. doi:10.1016/j.respol.2006.04.007.
Axelsson, A. -S.; Schroeder, R. (2009). "Making it Open and Keeping it Safe: E-Enabled Data-Sharing in Sweden". Acta Sociologica. 52 (3): 213. doi:10.1177/0001699309339799. S2CID 143793855.
Rodriguez, Victor (April 2005). "Material transfer agreements: open science vs. proprietary claims" (PDF). Nature Biotechnology. 23 (4): 489–491. doi:10.1038/nbt0405-489. PMID 15815676. S2CID 28982406.
Grubb, A. M.; Easterbrook, S. M. (2011). Biondi-Zoccai, Giuseppe (ed.). "On the Lack of Consensus over the Meaning of Openness: An Empirical Study". PLOS ONE. 6 (8) e23420. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...623420G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023420. PMC 3157385. PMID 21858110.
Chubin, Daryl E. (Spring 1985). "Open Science and Closed Science: Tradeoffs in a Democracy". Science, Technology, & Human Values. 10 (2): 73–81. doi:10.1177/016224398501000211. JSTOR 689511. S2CID 145631585.
Stuart, David (July–August 2010). "Open Science Coming of Age". Online: 14–17.
García-Peñalvo, F. J.; Figuerola, C. G. A. D.; Merlo, J. A. (2010). "Open knowledge: Challenges and facts". Online Information Review. 34 (4): 520. doi:10.1108/14684521011072963. hdl:10366/121866.
Fry, J.; Schroeder, R.; Besten, M. D. (2009). "Open science in e-science: Contingency or policy?". Journal of Documentation. 65: 6–32. doi:10.1108/00220410910926103.
Blume, Harvey. "PUBMED Central aims to put online all new biomedical research -- an idea that has touched off a fierce battle between the editors of traditional journals and advocates of open access. The result could be a revoluion in how we define and distribute scientific knowledge". Open Science Online (March 27, 2000). The American Prospect: 44.
Davis, L.; Larsen, M. T.; Lotz, P. (2009). "Scientists' perspectives concerning the effects of university patenting on the conduct of academic research in the life sciences". The Journal of Technology Transfer. 36: 14–37. doi:10.1007/s10961-009-9142-2. S2CID 153335659.
De Roure, D.; Goble, C.; Aleksejevs, S.; Bechhofer, S.; Bhagat, J.; Cruickshank, D.; Fisher, P.; Hull, D.; Michaelides, D. T.; Newman, D.; Procter, R.; Lin, Y.; Poschen, M. (2010). "Towards open science: The myExperiment approach". Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience. 22 (17): 2335–2353. doi:10.1002/cpe.1601. S2CID 19559836.
David, P. A. (2004). "Understanding the emergence of 'open science' institutions: Functionalist economics in historical context". Industrial and Corporate Change. 13 (4): 571–589. doi:10.1093/icc/dth023.

Region or project specific articles

Kumar, M. S. V. (2009). "Open Educational Resources in India's national development". Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning. 24: 77–84. doi:10.1080/02680510802627860. S2CID 62201083.
Smith, M. S.; Casserly, C. M. (2006). "The Promise of Open Educational Resources" (PDF). Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning. 38 (5): 8. doi:10.3200/CHNG.38.5.8-17. S2CID 144072024.