Open Access
Free to read, free to reuse — the movement to unlock publicly funded research. What open access is, the routes into it, and how to find free, legal copies of the papers you need.
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7 min readOpen Access, Without the Jargon
Green, gold, diamond, embargoes, APCs — the vocabulary of open publishing translated into plain English.
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4 min readGreen, Gold & Diamond: The Colours of Open Access
The routes to open access explained — self-archiving, author-pays, and no-fee journals, and when each applies.
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4 min readFinding Free, Legal Copies of Paywalled Papers
Preprints, repositories and author manuscripts — where to look first for a free copy, and why it's allowed.
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4 min readAPCs & Funding, Explained
Article processing charges, waivers and who really pays for open access — the money behind the movement.