Open Access Initiative

The Open Access initiative traces back its origin to several decades, but has gained much more momentum since 1990s with the advent of internet age.

(prHWY.com) September 5, 2012 - Los Angeles, CA -- The Open Access initiative traces back its origin to several decades, but has gained much more momentum since 1990s with the advent of internet age. Owing to the physical and economic barriers during the print age, Open Access publishing was almost impossible, even if an author was interested in getting wider audience for his article.

With the rise in inflation, print costs have significantly increased which further raised the journal subscription prices. As the public access to internet started spreading to wider communities, the ability to upload, download, print, and distribute digital data at no cost, has offered an alternative to paper publishing and significantly benefit the Open Access initiative. There has been a profound advantage of online access due to the minimal marginal costs when compared to the fixed costs of paper printing.

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