As more academic journals adopt an open access (OA) approach to publishing, more high-quality research is available for free—and public libraries are well poised to help their patrons and their ...

What do we mean by open access? Open access (OA) publishing is a scholarly research model that provides unrestricted access and digital reuse rights to high-quality academic research, articles and ...

Direct to Open, MIT Press’s diamond open access model for monographs, looks to grow even further in 2026 with publishing partners Duke University Press and Goldsmiths Press.

This page outlines the different ways in which you can make your journal articles and conference papers open access as a University of Sheffield staff member or postgraduate research student. Which ...