What is Open Access?

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Open access is the practice of providing free and unrestricted online access to research publications and data.

You will find OA publications in these formats:

• Journals make articles immediately available online
• Authors self-archive articles in a subject-based repository (e.g. arXiv.org)
• Authors self-archive articles in an institutional repository (e.g. ERA)