Based on the definition of Open Access Publication from
Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing, an Open Access Publication is one that meets the following two conditions:
- The author(s) and copyright holder(s) grant(s) to all users a free, irrevocable, worldwide, perpetual right of access to, and a license to copy, use, distribute, transmit and display the work publicly and to make and distribute derivative works, in any digital medium for any responsible purpose, subject to proper attribution of authorship [2], as well as the right to make small numbers of printed copies for their personal use.
- A complete version of the work and all supplemental materials, including a copy of the permission as stated above, in a suitable standard electronic format is deposited immediately upon initial publication in at least one online repository that is supported by an academic institution, scholarly society, government agency, or other well-established organization that seeks to enable open access, unrestricted distribution, interoperability, and long-term archiving (for the biomedical sciences, PubMed Central is such a repository).
The Declaration defines two conditions that publications must meet in order to be open access:
- a free, irrevocable right to access and a licence to copy, use, distribute and make derivative works;
- and a deposit in an online repository ensuring open access, interoperability and long-term archiving.
Publishing Open Access offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work:
- Free availability
- Increased citation and download
- Wider impact
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