Open Access publishing

There are two ways in which works can be made openly available – gratis and libre.

Gratis OA refers to the removal of price barriers alone and libre OA refers to the removal of price and at least some permission barriers. A typical funder mandate requires gratis OA. Some OA journals provide libre OA, but others provide only gratis OA.

The Authors Alliance guide to open access publishing which focuses on some of the more complicated rights issues, including how to negotiate rights with a publisher:

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