Benefits from Open Access

Authors

• making publications available to a wider audience while maintaining copyrights,
• higher citation rate,
• easier detection of possible plagiarism,
• the chance to cooperate with new entities (researchers, scientific and economic institutions)
• archiving and long-term storage of digital content

Science

• improving scientific communication,
• internationalisation of research results,
• new opportunities for cooperation,
• combating scientific dishonesty

Scientific institutions

• improving the process of knowledge management and evaluation of science,
• promotion of research achievements

Funding institutions

• increase return on investment in research,
• promotion of institutions conducting and financing research

Society

• access to the results of research financed from public funds,
• free access to publications for people outside the scientific community: doctors, teachers, entrepreneurs