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Editorial Note: Open Access and the Acceptance of the JCEA to the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

  • Jung, Youngim (Open Access Center, Div. of National S&T Data, Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI)) ;
  • Novikova, Natalia (Tamagawa University)
  • Published : 2020.07.31

Abstract

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic once again demonstrated how crucial it is to have unlimited access to scientific information. At the same time, the economic disparities that the pandemic revealed and aggravated made us realize that many of us cannot afford access to expert knowledge. While the international community is speculating about possible outcomes of the crisis, one can be said for sure, the pandemic accelerated many inevitable changes that would otherwise happen at a slower pace including increasing digitalization of the society and the expanding role of open data in the life of the academic community.

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