Most publishers own the rights to the articles in their journals. Anyone who wants to read the articles pays a fee for access. Institutions and libraries help provide access to paywalled research ...

Bill and Melinda Gates visiting women in Jamsaut village in Bihar, India. Open access to journals is particularly important for researchers in developing countries. (Gates Foundation Photo) Scientific ...

If you have searched the Dag Hammarskjöld Library catalogue recently, you may have noticed a new feature: the addition of pink PDFs in your results list which link to the full text of open access ...

In order to help reduce the gap between industrialized countries and those in the emerging economy, UNESCO has decided to adopt an Open Access Policy for its publications by making use of a new ...