Open AccessThe Two Faces of Open Access
Author(s) -
Peter Black
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
société internationale d'urologie journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2563-6499
DOI - 10.48083/erok5654
Subject(s) - publishing , scientific publishing , open access publishing , open science , point (geometry) , open research , free access , public relations , internet privacy , business , world wide web , computer science , political science , law , physics , geometry , mathematics , astronomy
The two faces of open access remain a point of contention in the global world of scientific publishing, and this carries over into the microcosm of urologic publishing. Many of us are part of the research community and all of us are consumers of new research findings. On both sides of the research enterprise—as providers and consumers—our interests are best met by broad dissemination and universal access to all published research. These are the underlying objectives of open access publishing.