Open Access

Gold OA

primary publication of scholarly writing

More than 13,000 quality tested OA journals

scholars can make their results available for whole world

GOLDEN PATH

third of the journals listed

primarily in the natural and life sciences

University of Vienna supports publishing in OA journals

via OA publishing fund

articles made available for a fee

highly controversial

publishers charge institusions twice

authors are paying article processing charges

libraries have to cover subscription costs

hybrid journals

open access atricles

closed access articles

Important hint

check if journal is reputable

predatory publishing

secondary publications

more and more publishers allow it

for me to find secondary publications

advantages

sientific information exchange

increases number of readers

improves reproducibility

authors rights remain with them

research made publicly

should be accessible by public

Creative Commons licences

publishing is carried out under it

are conducive to sholarship

ensure proper "attribution" of authors