Some journals are called Open Access. What are these and what are the advantages of publishing in them?
Open Access journals differ from subscription-based journals in that they are free to the reader. Some Open Access journals are subsidised, but most charge the author to have a paper published. In practice, the research funder usually pays the author’s charges. Evidence is accumulating that papers published in Open Access journals are more widely read and cited than papers published in equivalent traditional journals. Open Access journals are often referred to as the gold route to Open Access. The green route involves depositing in a repository in parallel with publishing in a conventional or Open Access journal. You can find an up-to-date list of Open Access journals at the Directory of Open Access Journals.
