As a result, researchers often could not access studies that they wished to, and this started affecting the progress of research.
(I say "more or less" because the common understanding of open access journals is itself myth-ridden; more below.) The myth is due in part to the relative novelty of the green model. All Rights Reserved. The US National Institutions of Health (NIH) has had a similar policy since 2008. Visit our open research FAQs, where we have answered some frequently asked questions about open research. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B (APSB) is a bimonthly journal, in English, which publishes significant original research articles, rapid communications and high quality reviews of recent advances in all areas of pharmaceutical sciences — including… But if you believe that all open access is gold, then this myth follows as a lemma. In this model, open access journals give readers free access to peer reviewed articles, but the publication charges are borne by the author(s) (which in some cases might include the author’s institution or funder). Under the gold open access model, authors have different kinds of journals to choose from: Full open access journals: All articles published in such journals are freely available for readers on the journal website. We've also known since 2006 that most (75%) conventional or non-open access journals do charge author-side fees, on top of reader-side subscription fees. OpenDOAR is a directory of academic open access repositories that provides a  list of repositories. No matter which option you choose, all open access articles and books are subject to high-quality peer review, editorial and production processes. More readers can become aware of authors who publish in open access journals as opposed to subscription-only journals. We partner with organisations globally to cover gold open access. Even John Bohannon's recent sting of the execrable bottom tier of open access publishers vindicated the excellent top tier (though without showing how good the best open access journals can be), and the vindicated publishers are among the largest open access publishers publishing the most open access journals and articles. Another point to be kept in mind is that not all subscription-based journals allow authors to post their paper on a repository. [CDATA[// >