Open Access
A guide to open access publishing for faculty and researchers.
What's all the fuss about open access?
Why publish in an Open Access Journal?
- Makes research widespread
- Accelerates scientific findings
- Serves as a driver of scientific innovation and productivity
- Allows faster incorporation of new findings into research
- Freedom from price and permission barriers
Examples of OA Projects
- PubMed Central This link opens in a new windowNIH Policy provides the public access to the published results of NIH funded research. NIH funded publications are made freely available in PubMed Central within a year of publication.
- Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging InitiativeGovernmental, Academic, Private Consortium that is 100% open access
- Human Genome ProjectCompleted in 2003, this project mapped all of a genes human being.
