Open Access Publishing

• Benefits to Authors
  • More accessible work is shared by a wider audience
  • Studies suggest that OA articles may have a citation advantage over paywalled articles, as they reach a wider audience
    • Research on this topic: 
      • https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/article/view/10604/pdf 
      • https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0013636 
      • https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0253129 
• Benefits to Readers
  • No institution can afford every subscription, and smaller institutions as especially limited
  • Not all researchers are affiliated with an institution
  • Better accessibility to research helps bridge the information divide
• Benefits to Public/Greater Good
  • Greater and faster dissemination of knowledge
  • The easier it is to access work to build upon, the more advancements can be made
  • Better access to scientific research can help combat public misinformation 
  • Publicly funded research should be available to the public

Many funders now require the research they support be Openly Accessible. To check funder Open Access policies, visit: http://roarmap.eprints.org/