2022-03-15
Open Access (OA) is a global social movement, created in the early 90s of the 20th century, which refers to free on-line access to digital versions of scientific publications and research results (especially if they are financed from public funds), and to educational materials.
articles in scientific journals
monographs and their fragments
research data
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Open Access articles are available online immediately and to everyone anywhere in the world. They are spread to a much larger group of users than publications that require paid subscriptions. Digital documents are also environmentally friendly. |
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Findings of the research become public domain. Therefore, thay may be used free of charge to further studies or in the industry, e.g. in the production of new drugs. |
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Open Access is the best way to enhance your articles' reach. The greater availability of publications the higher citation rates and that it turn results in a better assessment of the scientific work. |
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The public access to the findings of the research allows us to better shape public opinion. For example society can better influence and help to shape political decisions for the better, e.g. climate change and healthcare policies. |
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Free of charge articles accessible online may also be accessed by scientists from other fields or people who are not directly related to the scientific community but who also have a right to access the above-mentioned findings of the research in a creative way and undertake new interdisciplinary tasks. |
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Starting from 2021, there is a requirement to provide Open Access to publications and findings of the research that are financed from the public funds in order to enable them to be used free of charge. |
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Open-access resources help to save money that otherwise would have been spent on buying expensive, subscribed scientific journals for public institutions. |
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Thanks to scientific publications available worldwide for free, contacts between scientists are enlivened, communication becomes easier and new interdisciplinary research teams are formed. Open publishing also allows researchers in developing countries to see the latest scientific achievements thereby preventing digital exclusion. |
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