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Open Access Publishing Models

Open access (OA) publishing removes subscription paywalls, making research freely available to all readers online without subscription fees. The Budapest Open Access Initiative (2002) defined OA as the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and link research freely. Multiple OA models exist: Gold OA (immediate free access, often author-funded via APCs), Green OA (free self-archiving in repositories), and Diamond OA (free to both authors and readers). OA expands research impact, enables global participation in science, and aligns with public funding mandates. However, OA models vary in sustainability and are sometimes exploited by predatory publishers.

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Open Access Publishing Models and Licensing
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / publication-ethics
  • Budapest Open Access Initiative (2002, revised 2012). Budapest Open Access Initiative. · URL
  • Suber, P. (2012). Open Access. MIT Press. · DOI 10.7551/mitpress/9286.001.0001
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (2023). DOAJ. Public database of open access journals. · URL
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Related methods

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Same method familyCOPE Guidelines for Publication Ethicsmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyPeer Review Processmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyPredatory Journals and Publishersmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyPreprint Servers in Sciencemachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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Sources

3 recorded citations, copied from the method source record.

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