LibGuides: Scholarly Communication: Open Access FAQs

Understanding Open Access

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Open Access Myths

MYTH 1: Access is not a problem. Virtually all US researchers have the access they need; what they can't get on campus or from a colleague elsewhere, the library can get for them via interlibrary loan.
MYTH 2: Open access content is not peer reviewed.
MYTH 3: The cost of providing Open Access will reduce the availability of funding for research.
MYTH 4: A high quality journal such as Nature would need to charge authors $15,000-$50,000 in order to move to an Open Access model.
MYTH 5: Open access threatens academic society publisher revenues needed for other activities in addition to their publishing.

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