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Open Access Publishing
Open access means free and permanent access.
In publishing, this means being allowed to read articles or books free of charge.
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The open access logo, originally designed by Public Library of Science (copyright: creative commons by-sa) |
| Traditional publishing model | Open access publishing model |
| Free for authors | Free for readers |
| Paid for by readers or the readers' employers/libraries | Paid for by authors or the authors' employers/sponsors |
Advantages for scientists
- higher online visibility: easier to find, using Google for example
- more people have access
- more people read and cite the publication
Misconceptions about open access publishing
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There is no peer review, so the quality is lower
Open access publishing can include peer review. If you publish an open access article in an existing journal, the peer review process is the same as for any other article. The differences are that you have to pay for the publication and, of course, that the resulting article is freely available to all. -
Universities will not give accreditation for open access publications
Most universities support open access and will give the same accreditation for open access publications in reputable journals as for traditional publications.
TU Delft and Open Access
TU Delft is one of the signatories of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access and encourages open access publishing by its employees.
TU Delft Repository
The TU Delft Repository is the institutional repository of TU Delft. An increasing proportion of scientific output is made freely available there. Help is available for questions about copyright and other practical issues. Publications in the TU Delft Repository are collected by national and international repositories. This means that publications in the TU Delft Repository are also accessible through, for example, the Dutch national repository NARCIS and the huge US-based repository OAIster.
Try the TU Delft Repository now!
Open access publishing in existing journals
TU Delft authors can apply for a publishing grant to cover the costs of open access publishing. Please contact TU Delft Library, which administers these grants.
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