Openaccess (OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which nominally copyrightable publications are delivered to readers free of access
An open repository or open-access repository is a digital platform that holds research output and provides free, immediate and permanent access to research
The Directory ofOpenAccess Journals (DOAJ) is a website that hosts a community-curated listofopenaccess journals, maintained by Infrastructure Services
Alternative labels include platinum openaccess, non-commercial openaccess, cooperative openaccess or, more recently, openaccess commons. While these terms
category of practices. The name itself was coined by American librarian Jeffrey Beall who created a listof "deceptive and fraudulent" OpenAccess (OA) publishers