Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of cost or other access 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. The main focus of the open access movement is "peer reviewed research literature." Historically, this has centered mainly on print-based academic journals. Whereas conventional (non-open access) journals cover publishing costs through access tolls such as subscriptions, site licenses or pay-per-view charges, open-access journals are characterised by funding models which do not require the reader to pay to read the journal's contents. Open access can be applied to all forms of published research output, including peer-reviewed and non peer-reviewed academic journal articles, conference papers, theses, book chapters, monographs, and images.
Open access (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of cost or other access 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. The main focus of the open access movement is “peer reviewed research literature.” Historically, this has centered mainly on print-based academic journals. Whereas conventional (non-open access) journals cover publishing costs through access tolls such as subscriptions, site licenses or pay-per-view charges, open-access journals are characterised by funding models which do not require the reader to pay to read the journal’s contents. Open access can be applied to all forms of published research output, including peer-reviewed and non peer-reviewed academic journal articles, conference papers, theses, book chapters, monographs, and images.

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All articles in open access journals which are published by Elsevier have undergone peer review and upon acceptance are immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.
All articles in open access journals which are published by Elsevier have undergone peer review and upon acceptance are immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.
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Hindawi is one of the Largest Publishers of Peer-Reviewed, Fully Open Access Journals. Click Now to find out about our Journals. View all Article Processing Charges International Recognition. With over 20K published article yearly.
Hindawi is one of the Largest Publishers of Peer-Reviewed, Fully Open Access Journals. Click Now to find out about our Journals. View all Article Processing Charges International Recognition. With over 20K published article yearly.
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Many authors in today’s publishing environment want to make their research freely available to all reader communities. IEEE recently announced the launch of open access options to meet the needs of our authors.
Many authors in today’s publishing environment want to make their research freely available to all reader communities. IEEE recently announced the launch of open access options to meet the needs of our authors.
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Frontiers Media is a publisher of peer-reviewed open access scientific journals currently active in science, technology, and medicine. It was founded in 2007 by a group of neuroscientists
Frontiers Media is a publisher of peer-reviewed open access scientific journals currently active in science, technology, and medicine. It was founded in 2007 by a group of neuroscientists
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PubMed Central is a free digital repository that archives open access full-text scholarly articles that have been published in biomedical and life sciences journals. As one of the major research databases developed. Click bellow to access
PubMed Central is a free digital repository that archives open access full-text scholarly articles that have been published in biomedical and life sciences journals. As one of the major research databases developed. Click bellow to access
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The IWA is an international reference for the water and sanitation industry. The IWA membership communities contribute and develop the IWA Agendas Click here to check all open Access Articles from IWA online
The IWA is an international reference for the water and sanitation industry. The IWA membership communities contribute and develop the IWA Agendas Click here to check all open Access Articles from IWA online
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At Taylor & Francis we champion researcher choice with a variety of open access publishing options to meet the unique needs of each author. We have a collection of more than 2000 Jornals offering a wide range of desciplines. Click the link below to browse
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The SpringerOpen portfolio has grown tremendously since its launch in 2010, Now offer researchers from all areas of science, technology, medicine, the humanities and social sciences a place to publish open access in journals.
The SpringerOpen portfolio has grown tremendously since its launch in 2010, Now offer researchers from all areas of science, technology, medicine, the humanities and social sciences a place to publish open access in journals.
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