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Analysissmall businesses that might not have access to journal subscriptions. 9 13 14 Influence on policyOpen access helps ensure stakeholders can view the full range of research, including results that disagree with expectations held by researchers or others.As a result, patients, advocacy groups, policymakers and politicians can make better-informed decisions and future public resources are less likely to be wasted on interventions that do not work. 9 13Widespread open access can also help mitigate against fraud by opening published information to scrutiny. 13 Limitations of open accessOpen access cannot solve methodological or ethical problems in completed research or publications.It can only make these issues visible and possible to scrutinise, allowing cases of misconduct and fraud to be more easily and openly identified and discussed.Being accessible is not a synonym of good science, even if it is open science.Open access does not solve poor or incomplete reporting.Fully accessible papers can still lack the minimum information considered necessary to judge the validity of the work. Routes for open access: benefits and challenges
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