This document discusses open access (OA) scholarly publishing. It defines OA as providing unrestricted access via the internet to peer-reviewed scholarly articles. There are two main types of OA - green, which involves self-archiving articles in institutional or subject repositories, and gold, where the journal itself provides free access. However, not all OA is equal - it depends on the copyright license used, which determines whether the article can be freely reused (libre OA) or just accessed (gratis OA). The document advises researchers to carefully consider factors like copyright, licensing, costs and indexing when choosing an OA journal to publish in.
15. What is
Open
Access
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16. Open Access is the practice of
providing unrestricted access via
the Internet to peer-reviewed
scholarly articles
17. GREEN GOLD
Self Archiving in institutional The journal provides
(Research Space) or central free access to the
repositories (PubMed Central) article
18. GREEN GOLD
Self Archiving in institutional The journal provides
(Research Space) or central free access to the
repositories (PubMed Central) article
But…. Is it reusable?
19. GREEN GOLD
Self Archiving in institutional The journal provides
(Research Space) or central free access to the
repositories (PubMed Central) article
But…. Is it reusable?
…it depends
22. high
All rights reserved
restrictions
Some rights reserved
Non Commercial use
low
23. high
All rights reserved
restrictions
Some rights reserved
Non Commercial use
Some rights reserved
Commercial use
Public Domain dedication
low
24. high
All rights reserved
restrictions
GRATIS
Some rights reserved
Non Commercial use
Some rights reserved
Commercial use
LIBRE
Public Domain dedication
low
26. Publishers
Me Institution Government
Public
Industry
27. Publishers
Me Institution Government
Public
Industry
28. Publishers
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X
Me Institution Government
X
Public
Industry
29. Publishers
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Government
X
Me Institution
X
Public
Industry
30. Publishers
XX
Institution Government
X
Me
X
Public
Industry
31. Publishers
XX
Me Institution Government
X
X
Public
Industry
32. Not all open access is born equal
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33. high
All rights reserved
restrictions
Some rights reserved
Non Commercial use
Some rights reserved
Commercial use
Public Domain dedication
low
34. Elsevier Springer
Personal use/
personal teaching
Commercial
Personal public website/
Preprint server
(except under funder’s mandate)
Repository
Public access
Public reuse
Copyright Journal Authors – Exclusive licence
to publish
Cost May incur page charges, May incur page charges,
colour figures, etc* colour figures, etc*
* Depends on specific journal
36. How to choose (or not) the right OA
When will the article become available to the public?
Who owns the copyright of the article?
What is the copyright licence being used (gratis vs libre)?
What is the actual cost of publication?
Where /how is the journal article indexed?
Are you planning to do a press release?
Are you planning on commercialising your findings?