Open AccessEthics and open access
Author(s) -
Watson Roger
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nursing open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 2054-1058
DOI - 10.1002/nop2.21
Subject(s) - download , publishing , upload , work (physics) , value (mathematics) , public relations , internet privacy , business , political science , law and economics , computer science , economics , law , world wide web , engineering , mechanical engineering , machine learning
Open access publishing has advantages for authors. They can share their work freely without infringing copyright restrictions and thereby, reach a wider audience and increase the potential of their work to be read and cited. The advantages of open access publishing are clear to university and research funding bodies and an increasing number of countries and organisations are making moves to encourage and oblige open access to research as explained in my last editorial (Watson 2015). This is to increase the value of published work to the general public who, through taxation and charitable donations, indirectly fund the work.