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      • Open access (OA) is a set of principles and practices through which research outputs like journal articles are distributed online, free of cost or other access barriers. In "traditional" scholarly publishing, the publisher owns the rights to the articles in their journals.
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  2. Jul 17, 2024 · Open access (OA) is a set of principles and practices through which research outputs like journal articles are distributed online, free of cost or other access barriers. In "traditional" scholarly publishing, the publisher owns the rights to the articles in their journals.

  3. What is open access and open research? Open access (OA) refers to the free, immediate, online availability of research outputs such as journal articles or books, combined with the rights to use these outputs fully in the digital environment. OA content is open to all, with no access fees.

  4. Open access refers to the practice of making scholarly research freely and permanently available immediately online, for anyone to access worldwide. Research output can be downloaded, viewed, shared, reused, copied and printed, within the legal requirements.

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    Open access refers to the open, available publication of research papers so that anyone can access them. Traditionally research was only available to those who could gain access to it via a library subscription. By opening up research to anyone, open access helps facilitate greater engagement, collaboration and dissemination of research. Moving bey...

    Apart from data showing that authors who choose open access publication are likely to benefit from increased dissemination and citation, at its core, open access is about facilitating availability of research outputs for everyone to use. By opening up the research and underlying data, other researchers can build upon the published work thus extendi...

    The Royal Society currently publishes two pure open access journals and eight hybrid journals. Furthermore, we are transitioning four of the hybrid journals to fully open access journals under the Transformative Journal model. Since the open access movement first emerged, the traditional funding model has been an Article Processing Charge (APC). Th...

    Beyond open access, Royal Society Publishing has a number initiatives that support the values of open science more broadly. For example, all Royal Society publications include a data accessibility statement, detailing how the underlying data and code can be accessed. By helping to facilitate open data sharing, it’s easier for other researchers to a...

  5. Oct 1, 2024 · Open Access is the free, immediate, online availability of research articles combined with the rights to use these articles fully in the digital environment.

    • Kim Pittman
    • 2016
  6. Aug 6, 2024 · Open Access seeks to change the way that research is shared, by shifting the focus away from subscription fees, to a free to view model, thereby creating a fairer research environment, free from legal and financial restrictions.

  7. Open access is the principle that publicly funded information should be publicly and freely available to all without paywall restrictions on reuse, remixing and re-sharing, so long as the original creator is acknowledged.

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