Information about Open Access

Open Access refers to the aim of making scientific literature and materials freely accessible on the Internet.

In the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI), Open Access is understood to mean the following (German translation):

"Open Access means that this literature should be freely and publicly available on the Internet so that interested parties can read, download, distribute, print, search, reference and otherwise use full texts in any legal way, without financial, legal or technical barriers beyond those associated with Internet access itself."

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Ways of Open Access

In the field of open access, colours are used to indicate different variants of the publication process. In the meantime, a whole colour palette has emerged that describes the different conditions for authors and readers.

Author's rights

As an author, you can help support the idea of open access by being far-sighted with your copyright.

Important facts about Open Access

Information poster "5 reasons for Open Access"

"5 reasons for open access"

Networking and Competence Centre - VuK for short - Open Access Brandenburg

The graphic design of the poster was created by designer Katja Telgenkämper on behalf of VuK. The poster and the graphic elements are of course made available under a Creative Commons licence, namely CC-BY 4.0. Free re-use in the spirit of Open Access is therefore guaranteed.