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|Theme Type=Good Practices
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|Title=Open access publishing: the new norm?
|Is About=Open access publishing allows research outputs, such as academic journal articles, to be distributed online without barriers. This is in contrast to traditional non-open access publishing, where access has to be acquired through subscriptions, site licenses or pay-per-view charges. Although developments in the open access movement suggest its popularity is rising, there is little information about the impact on publishing.
|Important Because=Whether access to scientific literature should be open or behind paywalls is a prominent topic of debate in the research community. In a 2018 analysis on open access publishing, it was estimated that 28% of all current journal articles are freely available online. <ref>Piwowar H, Priem J, Larivière V, Alperin JP, Matthias L, Norlander B, et al. The state of OA: a large-scale analysis of the prevalence and impact of Open Access articles. PeerJ 2018;6:e4375.</ref>This proportion has been growing over the last 20 years. In 2015, the most recent year that was examined, 45% of all articles were reported to be open access .<ref>Piwowar H, Priem J, Larivière V, Alperin JP, Matthias L, Norlander B, et al. The state of OA: a large-scale analysis of the prevalence and impact of Open Access articles. PeerJ 2018;6:e4375.</ref> The adoption of open access practices however differs between publishers and research fields.
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|Important For=phd students; funders
|Has Best Practice=There are different ways to make research open access. The two main routes that authors can take towards publishing open access are self-archiving, the so-called green route, and open access publishing, the gold route. <ref>Springer. What is Open Access? Available at: https://www.springer.com/gp/authors-editors/authorandreviewertutorials/open-access/what-is-open-access/10286522. Accessed 29 May, 2019</ref>  When taking the green route, the article is published behind a paywall, but a free copy is published in an online repository. In the gold route, articles are published immediately in open access mode.
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|Has Virtue And Value=Transparency
|Has Good Practice And Misconduct=Open access; Publication ethics
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