open access
Also known as OA, open-access
free distribution of knowledge
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Open access means making research and knowledge freely available to anyone online, without paywalls or subscription fees. It matters because it removes barriers to learning and allows more people—including students, patients, and researchers in under-resourced areas—to access information that could improve their lives and advance understanding.
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Open access logo, originally designed by Public Library of Science A PhD Comics introduction to open access
Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which nominally copyrightable publications are delivered to readers free of access charges or other barriers. With open access strictly defined (according to the 2001 definition), or libre open access, barriers to copying or reuse are also reduced or removed by applying an open license for copyright, which regulates post-publication uses of the work.