Open access (also known as open-access publishing and free online scholarship) is an ongoing
publication practice which differs in the way traditional methods of publishing papers to the public get
submitted, reviewed, authenticated and finally published. It proposes a new business model for academic
publishing that enables immediate, worldwide, barrier-free, open access to the full text of research articles
for the best interests of the scientific community. In this publication model neither readers nor a reader's
institution are charged for access to articles or other resources. Users are free to read, download, copy,
distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles without requiring a subscription to the
journal in which these articles are published. In this Open Access model, the publication cost should be
covered by the author's institution or research funds. These Open Access charges replace subscription
charges and allow the publishers to give the published material away for free to all interested online
visitors.
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