MU faculty member Dr. Sharad Khare chose to publish his article, “NAFLD and NAFLD Related HCC: Emerging Treatments and Clinical Trials,” in an open-access journal earlier this year. Since its publication, the paper has been recognized by Web of Science as a Highly Cited Paper—placing it in the top 1% of papers in its field based on citation count.

When asked about his decision to publish open access, Dr. Khare explained that open-access publishing ensures accepted papers “are readily available to the scientific community without any embargo.”

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