Open Access


Open Access stands for unrestricted access and unrestricted reuse.

Here’s why that matters

Most publishers own the rights to the articles in their journals. Anyone who wants to read the articles must pay to access them. Anyone who wants to use the articles in any way must obtain permission from the publisher and is often required to pay an additional fee.

Paying for access to content makes sense in the world of print publishing, where providing content to each new reader requires the production of an additional copy, but online it makes much less sense to charge for content when it is possible to provide access to all readers anywhere in the world.

No Subscription Required

Anyone who visits the journal website is free to view and download the full text (PDF copy) of all published articles.

Authors retain ownership of the copyright for their content.

Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 Unported License.

Benefits of Open Access Research

  • Accelerated discovery. With open access, researchers can read and build on the findings of others without restriction.
  • Public enrichment. Much scientific and medical research is paid for with public funds. Open access allows taxpayers to see the results of their investment.
  • Improved education. Open access means that teachers and their students have access to the latest research findings throughout the world.