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Instantly find and request research articles and data you need with the Open Access Button. Legally crushing paywalls since 2013.

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Apr 25, 2017

Celebrating the Open Access Button’s Fourth Birthday!

Four years ago this week two undergraduate students had the idea for what became the Open Access Button — a browser extension for people to report paywalls and share why they needed access to the paper.

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Aug 19, 2014

“Every time you hit a paywall, that’s a publisher announcing that their role is to prohibit the progress of science as much as possible.”

This is a weekly series highlighting Open Access Button users from around the world, discussing…

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Apr 22, 2014

The Open Access Button to crowdfund Button 2.0

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April 22 2014

Contact: openaccessbutton@medsin.org

LONDON, UK — The Open Access Button is launching a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise…

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Feb 21, 2014

The Week in Links — February 21

What has been happening in the world of Open Access in the last week (or two)?

In the world of the Open Access Button, we are developing Button 2.0. Do you have something you’d like to see in the next version? Let us know in our consultation…

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Feb 19, 2014

Join the Open Access Button Student Team!

The Open Access Button is a browser bookmarklet that tracks and maps the impacts of paywalls. Users can report when they are denied access to research and then search for alternative access to the article using the Button. We launched the Open Access Button…

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Jul 10, 2013

Can they hack it? Yes they can.

Last weekend’s BMJ Hack has been reported in the BMJ. The article can be found here.

At the weekend, we built the prototype for the OA Button and the BMJ judges (chief executive officer Tim Brooks, editor in chief Fiona Godlee, and chief technical…