Open access

How it is used

Common types are gold open access, where the publisher makes the article free and may charge authors an article processing charge (APC), and green open access, where the author places a version in a repository. As an adjective: an open-access journal.

Example sentences

1. All articles in this journal are published open access under a CC BY license.

2. Our funder requires us to make the paper open access.

Common collocations

• open-access journal
• publish open access
• gold open access
• green open access
• open access fee

Related terms

• journalA regular publication containing research articles in a particular field, usually checked by peer review before publication.
• impact factorA yearly measure of how often articles in a journal are cited on average, based on citations in one year to items published in the two previous years.
• DOIDigital Object Identifier: a permanent code given to an article, book chapter or dataset so that it can always be found online, even if its web address changes.
• grantA sum of money given by a government body, foundation or university to pay for a research project, often after a competitive application.

More terms: Peer Review and Publishing

• peer review
• manuscript
• submit
• reviewer
• revise and resubmit
• desk rejection
• corresponding author
• publish or perish
• editor
• co-author
• cover letter
• major revision