The high cost of publishing open access has plagued researchers for years, but a dedicated group of Harvard scientists and librarians are fighting to alleviate the costs of publishing.

Public access to research generates new ideas, informs policy decisions and fuels innovation and technological development. Open access to knowledge helps address social issues, enhance democracy and ...

As more academic journals adopt an open access (OA) approach to publishing, more high-quality research is available for free—and public libraries are well poised to help their patrons and their ...

US biomedical agency’s public-access policy kicks in on 1 July. Nature talks to specialists about how to comply. From 1 July, researchers funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will be ...