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Noun
[edit]- A set of principles and practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of access charges or other barriers.
- Synonym: (initialism) OA
- 1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 149:
- The amenities of the institute include a well-arranged open-access library of 18,000 volumes, and a small but valuable reference library of railway literature; the present writer is Librarian.
- Access to infrastructure, such as railways.
- 2023 July 26, Ben Jones, “EU open access growth offers pointers for UK hopefuls”, in RAIL, number 988, pages 32–33:
- Dominguez-González explained: "The Spanish market is no longer a monopolistic one, and there is great interest among both the existing open access operators and potential future ones in providing services on other lines."
Derived terms
[edit]- black open access
- bronze open access
- diamond open access
- gold open access
- green open access
- hybrid open access
- platinum open access