How Are Open Access Journals Important For People?

There are several journals online that are felicitating people to easily access the articles and other related research writings. Experienced researchers as well as research scholars make use of these online journals to take hold of the required literature and other related material for their research projects. These journals in fact offer open access to the resources. These journals have huge platforms for various academic disciplines that include psychology, computer science, mathematics, economics, business, education, astronomy, engineering and many more.

In simple words, an open access journal is defined as a scholarly journal that is accessible on the internet without any legal, technical and financial limits. There are two types of open access journals. These are as follows:

Fee based journals: These journals require payment on the behalf of the author. The money comes from the research grant that is offered to the author. In some cases it can be from the author himself. Journals that are fee based make sure that the editors who do peer review should not know if the author demands for the fee waiver or if it has been granted. It is mandatory that editors who approve single papers do not have any kind of financial stake in the journal.

No fee based open access journals: These are the journals that are financed by research centers, universities, academic associations, government agencies and hospitals etc.

Significance of open access:

There several ways that shows the significance of the open access journals. Some of these are as follows:

·         These open access journals are playing their part in development as well as application of the knowledge of various disciplines.

·         They can be easily accessed by the students as well as other researchers and get facilitation for the successful completion of their research projects.

·         These journals also allow easy access to the literature review. Literature review is the base of any kind of research work.

·         Latest information is offered by these open access journals because they are updated on regular basis.

In short these open access journals are of great help and guidance for the people related to research field.