Welcome to International Open Access Week
Open Access (OA) is a set of principles and practices where research outputs including journal articles, conference papers and books are:
- distributed online, free of cost or other access barriers
- given an open licence so they can be legally shared and re-used, with due credit given the original creator(s) of the work.
Providing free, reusable access to research and learning resources provides benefits to society and researchers alike. It advances scientific knowledge and understanding and provides access to evidence-based information to professionals, practitioners, students and the public. Researchers benefit from greater reach and impact, opportunities for collaboration with other researchers and industry, and greater public trust in science. Read more about why openly accessible science is so important.
This year’s OA week theme of Community over Commercialisation continues an important discussion on prioritising open scholarship that serves the public and academic community. The week kicks off with a keynote address from internationally recognised OA advocate Dr Danny Kingsley. Attend in person (Sydney) or virtually on Monday 21 October.
In a recorded panel from 2023, Griffith researchers explored what Open Access meant to them.
- Professor Jennifer Boddy discussed the role of open access as a catalyst for sustainable development
- Professor Kyra Hamilton examined the issues of replication and how open access enables reproducibility
- Professor Leanne Wiseman explored the need to rebalance intellectual property rights with genuine access to information.
Griffith University supports researchers publishing open access articles via three main pathways:
- Author accepted manuscripts: Deposit your manuscript (unformatted) to Griffith Research Online (GRO)
- Open Access journals: Publish in open access journals (an author processing charge may occur). You can explore titles via the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- Hybrid journals: Utilise Griffith’s Read and Publish agreements at no cost to the authors, but make sure you read the instructions carefully.
Navigating open access can be complex, but the Library is here to help. Contact the Library for guidance on the best solutions for your research publications.
