Open access is the practice of making scholarly and other knowledge outputs freely available online without subscription or most copyright and licensing barriers. It aims to maximise the dissemination, reuse and impact of research by removing paywalls and granting broad reuse rights. Open access is a core component of the wider open science and open data movements.
Overview
- Open Access is situated within the Open Data area of the governance domain.
- It connects a number of established concepts in the knowledge graph, anchoring edges that previously referenced it without a defining page.
Key aspects
- Open Data (partOf)
- Open Data (implements)
- Creative Commons (uses)
- Peer Review (uses)
Mechanisms
- Operates through its relationships with Open Data and Open Science.
- Provides capabilities consumed by dependent and enabled classes listed under Relationships.
Applications
- Supports Knowledge Sharing
- Supports Knowledge Transfer
- Supports Open Science
- Supports Scientific Research