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BDJ Open is the open access sister journal to the British Dental Journal, and this paper aims to explore the various different articles that BDJ Open has published between 2019 and 2020, in order to highlight which areas authors felt were important to publish open access. Furthermore, this article will investigate the advantages of open access publishing to both authors and readers, as well as the scientific community in general, and will examine how open access publishing has allowed the BDJ Portfolio to publish a wide range of research, both in terms of topic and geography.
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Examines papers published in BDJ Open between 2019 and 2020 to highlight which areas researchers felt were important to publish open access.
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Discusses the advantages of open access publishing to authors, readers and the scientific community.
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Explores how open access publishing has allowed the BDJ Portfolio to publish a far wider range of research both geographically and subject-wise.
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Lewney, J. BDJ Open (2019-2020) and the advantages of open access publishing. Br Dent J 231, 713–715 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41415-021-3722-4
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