BioMed Central (BMC) is an extensive collection of on-line open access journals, covering research areas such as biomedicine, mathematics, Earth sciences, and medicine/public health.
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Click 'Explore journals' to view journals by subject or title.
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Huge searchable database of open access journal and other content from around the world.
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On-line index providing access to thousands of high-quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
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PLOS publishes a range of on-line open access journals, covering topics such as biology, global public health, and sustainability/transformation.
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