Open Access Guide

In this guide, we’ll share our insights about Open Access and address different types of open-access questions and concerns to help you, as a researcher or administrative team member, to better understand, know, and feel confident navigating the world of Open Access.

We’ll start at the very beginning by looking at the basics of Open Access – what exactly is Open Access, and what does it mean for your publishing journey? Order the full booklet here.  

An article processing charge (APC) is the charge that’s paid to the publisher so the article can be made freely accessible upon publication. This means that the cost has moved from ‘pay-to-read’ to...

In order to support the transition toward a more "open" future for the research community, many research funders have developed requirements to ensure that research publications with acknowledgment...

Many libraries and publishers negotiate agreements so that a researcher does not have to pay an article processing charge to get the final version of their work published open access.  Order the fu...