Open access journal

Open - access journals are scholarly journals that are available to readers free of charge without going beyond pure Internet access hurdles on the principles of Open Access. The scientific publication in Open Access journals is also called the golden road of open access.

Copyright and licenses

Mostly, the contents are published under free licenses such as Creative Commons, which, among other things, the further spread through other repositories is permitted. This requirement is enshrined among others in the supported by the majority German research institutions Berlin Declaration. Publications by National Institutes of Health - funded research must be published via the open access repository PubMed Central since 2008. For additional publication in an open access journal or great it must have a compatible license.

Examples

One of the most popular open - access journals PLoS Biology is the Public Library of Science. The British company BioMed Central offers a wide range of open- access journals in the field of life sciences.

An overview of other magazines offers the Directory of Open Access Journals and the Electronic Journals Library (also see links).

Software

There are numerous software solutions in the open source area for the management and publication of an open- access journal. Among the best known include Hyper Journal and Open Journal Systems.