2. What is Open Access?
"Open Access is the free, immediate,
online availability of research articles
coupled with the rights to use these
articles fully in the digital environment. “
SPARC (2007) Open access - SPARC. Available at: http://sparcopen.org/open-access/ (Accessed: 2016).
3. Advantages of Open Access
http://libguides.aston.ac.uk/c.php?g=356327&p=2404666
4. Disadvantages of Open Access
■ Encourages journals to publish more articles but of
a lower quality
■ Publication fees - normally for the author which
could discourage them from going open access.
■ Unsustainable for the author
