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Definitions
List of terms for Science publishing
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Differential pricing
A policy of selling products, such as journal subscriptions, at different prices to different users according to how much they can afford. Several publishers offer differential pricing according to a country's gross national product per capita through schemes such as the Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) [link: http://www.who.int/hinari/en/] and Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture (AGORA). [link: http://www.aginternetwork.org/en/]
Digital divide
The disparity between the rich and the poor in their access to computers, digital information, and the benefits these make possible.
[Source: Guide to the open access movement [link: http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/guide.htm] , Peter Suber]
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