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Open-access journal eLife to start charging fees

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Journal backed by world’s largest private research funders will still depend on grants to cover expenses.

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Butler, D. Open-access journal eLife to start charging fees. Nature (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.20700

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