Open AccessFree open access to liberate and unleash neglected science
Author(s) -
KingHwa Ling,
Noraishah Mydin Abdul-Aziz,
Norshariza Nordin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
neuroscience research notes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-828X
DOI - 10.31117/neuroscirn.v1i1.4
Subject(s) - free access , circulation (fluid dynamics) , political science , government (linguistics) , open science , business , computer science , engineering , world wide web , linguistics , philosophy , physics , astronomy , aerospace engineering
Open access has become a choice for scientific publication. In many countries, open access publication has been made compulsory for publicly funded studies. Since 2013, government-funded research paper in United States must be made freely available within 12 months of publication. Such policy will ensure maximum accessibility and circulation of published articles. While the scientific community is benefited at large due to free access and distribution of published materials, open access publication is never free due to the various costs involved in the production, permanent archival and digitalisation of scholarly articles.