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What is Open Access?

What you should know before submitting your work for publication

Open Access (OA) publishing is a publishing model for scholarly communications that grants free and open online access to academic information. But what exactly makes a journal Open Access, and when should you choose to publish in an OA journal over a traditional journal? The following video describes the differences between traditional and open access publishing, the factors you should consider when deciding the type of journal in which you would like to publish your work, and provides a quick overview of the characteristics of a respectable OA journal.

Related Resources:

SIU Open Access Policy
The website for SIUC's OA policy, which related forms and waivers as well as instructions on how to submit articles to openSIUC (our institutional repository).
Open SIUC
Southern Illinois University's institutional repository, where faculty and other SIU researchers can (and should!) deposit their publications and other projects. OpenSIUC offers "permanent, reliable, and free access to research and scholarly material produced at Southern Illinois University Carbondale."