Historically, this has centered mainly on print-based academic journals.
The main focus of the open access movement is ' peer reviewed research literature'. Under some models of open access publishing, barriers to copying or reuse are also reduced or removed by applying an open license for copyright. Open access ( OA) is a set of principles and a range of practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of access charges or other barriers. Open access logo, originally designed by Public Library of Science A PhD Comics introduction to open access For other uses, see Open access (disambiguation).
