How to Publish OA?












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            If an author wants to publish his/her work openly, there are two basic routes: 

            • green open access [ URL "OSCIEN-38.html "]
            • gold open access [ URL "OSCIEN-39.html "]
            Both of these open access models are complementary, so it is not necessary to choose only 

            on the contrary, it is advantageous to combine them. 




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            * What are the benefits of open access publishing?
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                             Green open access                          Gold open access            
                                                                                                    
            • better findability / higher visibility of •obetter findability / higher visibility of wo
              downloads, citations                        downloads, citations                      
            • at no cost to the author                  • users have access to the final peer reviewed
                                                                                                    
            • long-term preservation of the publication acthe publication                           
              ensured                                   • access is provided by the publisher, not the
            • possibility to immediately publish a prepr•nauthors (usually) retain copyright        
                                                                                                    
              up communication                                                                      
            • versioning + publishing associated data and other                                     
              materials                                                                             
                                                                                                    
            • possibility of monitoring alternative metrics and                                     
              statistics                                                                            




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            * Generally, open access offers
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            • increasing visibility and accessibility of science and research results ? which can lead

              in citation, influence and prestige 
            • accelerating communication of the latest results and facilitating feedback both within a
              community 

            • increasing transparency in scientific communication 
            • effective use of scientific results, work and resources (possible decrease in duplicatio
            • the ability to directly influence what happens to a publication 

            • a tool to fight plagiarism.