Open access (OA) publishing means free dissemination of scientific information by publishing a research paper or article on the Internet and granting the scientific community and the general public rights to read, copy, print and link to the entire publication.
Publishing your research results openly has many benefits for both you and the research community:
The open access movement originated as a response to both the digitization of scientific publishing and the rapid increase in journal prices. The video below explains the history of academic publishing from the costly and complicated process of publishing papers to the current trend of distributing scientific knowledge as openly as possible.
Due to various open access myths, a lot of researchers and authors have reservations about publishing in open access journals and making their work freely available online. Such misconceptions about open access publishing could prevent them from opting for it. This video presents the six most common myths about open access publishing and resolves these misunderstandings for you.