OPEN ACCESS ONline Free Publications
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Note section called GROWTH:  Adoption statistics
 
A study published in 2010 showed that <b>roughly 20% of the total output of peer-reviewed articles published in 2008 could be found Openly Accessible.</b><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><b>[</b>17]</a></sup> 8.5% of the journal literature could be found free at the publishers’ sites (“Gold OA”), of which 62% in full OA journals, 14% in subscription journals making their electronic versions free after a delay, and 24% as individually open articles (against payment) in otherwise subscription journals.
 
see journals...  exponen growth in OA journals.
 
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