by: Keith Nockels Academic Librarian Many research funders require you to publish the work they fund as an open access article (check SHERPA/JULIET to see if your funder does). Open access articles are freely available to all readers, with no need for a subscription or payment. This makes your work more widely available, and may increase its citation count. In the traditional publishing model, the reader pays a subscription, or a fee to download an individual article. In the open access model, the reader pays nothing. To discuss how open access affects you as an author, and whether you will need to pay a fee, contact us for advice . Created by Adrienne Yancey for opensource.com https://flic.kr/p/9LBN2U There are many reputable open access publishers, and many reputable “traditional” publishers offer an open access option. But publishing has a bad side too. There are publishers who charge a fee, promise great things, and deliver little. Some of them soli...
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