Concept
Open access
Open access is a way of publishing that lets anyone read and reuse research online without paying or asking permission.
How it connects
What it is
- Diamond open access is a kind of Open access.
Connects to
- Open access is part of Open science. Open science includes open access to scientific publications.
Related to
- Open access relates to ANID open access policy. The policy's subject: open access to publicly funded scientific information and research data.
- Open access relates to Article processing charge (APC). A fee-based way to fund open access publishing.
- Open access relates to DOAJ. Directory of open access journals that meet its criteria.
- Open access relates to Open licence. The Budapest Open Access Initiative recommends CC BY or an equivalent licence as the optimal licence for open access.
- Open access relates to Open-access mandate. A mandate is a policy that requires research to be made open access.
- Open access relates to Plan S. Requires funded publications to be open access immediately, in open journals or in repositories without embargo.
- Open access relates to Preprint. Preprints are usually free to read, but many carry no reuse licence, so they are not always open access in full.
- Open access relates to Research repository. Depositing a copy in an open repository is the 'green' route to open access.
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Details
Description
The Budapest Open Access Initiative (2002) describes it as free availability on the public internet, permitting anyone to read, download, copy and use the text without financial, legal or technical barriers beyond access to the internet itself. Reuse beyond reading normally depends on an open licence.
Attributes
| url | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_access |
|---|---|
| identifiers | wikidata: Q232932 |
| status | active |
| governance | Not applicable |
| prominence | core |
| type | Concept |
| Tags | openness: open content, region: global |
Sources
- https://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read/(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-12)
- https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q232932(opens in a new tab) (accessed 2026-11-12)
Last reviewed: 2026-11-12
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