Open Access is important because it makes the results of publicly funded scientific research immediately accessible and reusable free of charge and without procurement costs. With open access publications, the exploitation rights remain with the authors and are not exclusively assigned to a publisher.
Benefits:
- Increased visibility of the publications and for the authors
- Faster and free access for users
- Legal protection of potentially extensive re-usability
- Good findability via search engines and reference services
- Promotion of international and interdisciplinary collaboration
- Free access to publicly funded research results
- Accelerated communication and discussion of research results