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Open access journal

A journal that makes its articles immediately available online to the reader without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself. All the articles in the journal are available open access.

ByCASRAI Editorial Board
· Last updated 19 May 2026

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JATS XML <role> element
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      vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/open-access-journal" />
Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)
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