What is Open Access (OA)?
Answer
Open Access refers to the removal of price and permissions barriers to peer-reviewed research. Open access can be achieved by:
- Publishing in an open access journal (usually for a fee)
- Archiving scholarly and creative works in a repository, such as:
- Preprints
- Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) of a published journal article
- Permissible for immediate deposit in VTechWorks under the Virginia Tech Open Access Policy
- Conference papers
- Technical reports
- Presentation slides
- Data sets
Virginia Tech Libraries has more information about Open Access.