What does Open Access mean?
This year's international open access week will take place from the 19th to the 25th of October 2020. We would like to take this opportunity to promote the idea of "open access publishing" and to inform you about the opportunities available to you. Therefore, we will offer you some information on this topic every day.
Today we will start with information on open access in general. You can find target group-specific information either on our library website or on the information platform open-access.net.
Open Access means unrestricted and free access to scientific and scholarly information without payment barriers for readers. There are two ways of publishing scientific results open access: the golden and the green road.
Golden road refers to primarily publishing scientific results in pure open access journals. There are two different models here: If journals are financed via so-called author processing charges (APC's), the author has to pay the APC so that the article is published in this open access journal. Other journals, e.g. those of scientific societies, do not charge any fees for free access.
Online Coffee Lecture: The Paths of Open Access (Video, 7:45 min)
Tomorrow, you will learn more about the green road to open access.