{
  "id": 1555766,
  "title": "Free to publish, free to read: Qatar's open science bet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/free-to-publish-free-to-read-qatars-open-science-bet",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf Times",
    "slug": "gulf-times",
    "url": "https://www.gulf-times.com/article/731306/qatar/free-to-publish-free-to-read-qatars-open-science-bet"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers publishing on QScience.com pay nothing to appear and readers pay nothing to download — a model the Qatar-based platform says has made it the first fully open-access publishing house of its...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}