Open Access: The changing face of scientific publishing

Abstract

The debate on open access to scientific literature that has been raging in scholarly circles for quite some time now has been fueled further by the recent developments in the realm of the open access movement. This article is a short commentary on the current scenario, challenges, and the future of the open access movement.

Keywords

• Access to information
• free access
• information dissemination
• open access
• publication
• publishing