Open Access Publishing

 

The majority of academic journals are now published online and make their articles available by means of a paid subscription or via membership arrangements (for example, an academic library). Over the last two decades a new scholarly publishing model known as Open Access (OA), enabled by the wide adoption of the internet, has emerged and grown rapidly.

There are also various ‘types’ or models of open access (mainly green, gold, diamond, bronze and hybrid). Open Access Australasia has developed a set of templates that describe each type

Student Success is a Diamond open access journal.

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Importantly, Student Success is included in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) - the largest global index of open access journals. Membership and details https://doaj.org/toc/2205-0795

Student Success applies the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license to all submissions published. This license enables open access – specifically, free immediate access to original works of all types. Under this license, authors agree to make articles legally available for reuse, without permission or fees, for virtually any purpose. Anyone may copy, distribute or reuse these articles, as long as the author and original source are properly cited.

 

Additional Resources and Links
What is Open Access? Open Access Australasia https://oaaustralasia.org/2021/05/25/what-is-open-access/

SPARC, the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, is an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication - See more at: https://sparcopen.org/