Open Access Information and Policy
Open Access Information and Policy
- everyone has free and unlimited access to the full-text of all articles published in Literary Studies;
- everyone is free to re-use the published material if proper accreditation/citation of the original publication is given.
Permissions
No special permission is required to reuse all or part of article published by Literary Studies, including figures and tables. For articles published under an open access Creative Common CC BY license, any part of the article may be reused without permission provided that the original article is clearly cited. Reuse of an article does not imply endorsement by the authors or Literary Studies. Furthermore, no special permission is required for authors to submit their work to external repositories. This policy extends to all versions of a paper: submitted, accepted, and published.
External Open Access Resources
Those who are new to the concept of open access might find the following websites or the Open Access Explained! video informative:
Open Access Explained!
Meaning of Open Access
In accordance with major definitions of open access in scientific literature (namely the Budapest, Berlin, and Bethesda declarations), Literary Studies defines open access by the following conditions:
- peer-reviewed Literary Studies is freely available without subscription or price barriers,
- literary studies is immediately released in open access format (no embargo period), and
- published material can be re-used without obtaining permission as long as a correct citation to the original publication is given.
This means that all articles published in Literary Studies, including data, graphics, and supplements, can be linked from external sources, scanned by search engines, re-used by text mining applications or websites, blogs, etc. free of charge under the sole condition of proper accreditation of the source and original publisher. Literary Studies believes that open access publishing fosters the exchange of research results amongst scientists from different disciplines, thus facilitating interdisciplinary research. Open access publishing also provides access to research results to researchers worldwide, including those from developing countries, and to an interested general public.
Important Note: some articles (especially Reviews) may contain figures, tables or text taken from other publications, for which Literary Studies does not hold the copyright or the right to re-license the published material. Please note that you should inquire with the original copyright holder (usually the original publisher or authors), whether or not this material can be re-used.
Advantages of Open Access for Authors
The High Availability and Visibility of our open access articles is guaranteed through the free and unlimited accessibility of the publication over the Internet. Everyone can freely access and download the full text of all articles published with Literary Studies: readers of open access journals, i.e., mostly other researchers, do not need to pay any subscription or pay-per-view charges to read articles published by Literary Studies. Open access publications are also more likely to be included in search engines and indexing databases.
The Higher Citation Impact of open access articles results from their high publicity and availability. Open access publications are demonstrably more frequently cited.