Open Access – Basics

• OA Explained & Knowing OA
• Benefits of OA
• OA Directories
• Want to publish in OA?
• Common Terminology in OA

 Types of OA

• Types of OA

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• Gold OA: Open Access for Global Readership
• Green OA: Self-Archiving Publications

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• Article Version
• Beware of Predatory Journals

 OA Publishing Support@Lingnan

• OA Publishing Support@Lingnan

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• Open Access Publishing Agreements
• Lingnan Open Access Publishing Support Fund 
• Self-Archiving via Lingnan Scholars

 Managing Your Copyright with OA

• Author's Rights: Why is it IMPORTANT?
• –– How to Retain your Author's Rights?
• –– Author Addedum Tools
• –– More about Author's Rights

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• What is Creative Commons Licenses?
• –– Creative Commons License Options
• –– The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication
• –– Pre-licensing considerations
• –– How to apply a CC license or CC0 to your work

Want to publish in OA?

Publishing your research articles in Open Access can allow wider access to your scholarly work and increase its impact. However, it's important to note that there are multiple routes to make your paper OA.

To assist you in this endeavor, here is a flowchart that outlines possible pathways to achieve OA for your work.