Open Access (OA)

Open access (OA) refers to free, unrestricted online access to research outputs such as journals, articles and books. OA content is open to all, with no restrictions and boundaries. The innovative Open Access policy has resulted in more than five thousand articles being downloaded daily from its wide spectrum of journals.

There are two main routes of making research outputs openly accessible. One involves publishing articles or books via the OA route on a publisher’s platform (often referred to as gold open access). The other involves archiving a version of the manuscript in an OA repository (often described as green open access). Content published via the gold OA route is accessible immediately after publication, while manuscripts deposited via the green OA route may, in many cases, be made accessible only once a self-archiving embargo period has elapsed. The terms for onward sharing and re-use of OA content will depend on the license under which it has been made available.

For reading our open access content, please visit our open access journals list