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The last decade has seen enormous move-ment toward broadening access to scholarly literature. The number of articles published in an open-access (OA) manner continues to climb rapidly, as does the number of OA journals. Despite the growth and a near constant level of discussion and debate in the publishing industry, OA still has low priority for most researchers. Governments and funding agencies are working to coun-ter the lack of uptake in the community by changing tactics, philosophically moving from the carrot to the stick. Study after study shows that researchers place low priority on OA when choosin