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OPEN ACCESS
Open access means that research outputs are freely available online upon publication for reading, downloading and sharing by anyone, anywhere.
GOLD OPEN ACCESS versus GREEN OPEN ACCESS
Different open access types are currently commonly described using a colour system. The most commonly recognised names are "green" and "gold" open access.
Gold Open Access
• What does it mean?
The article is freely available online upon publication to anyone anywhere for reading, downloading and sharing.
Minerva Medica offers authors two ways to publish gold open access:
- Fully open access journals where every article is published open access
- Hybrid journals where articles are published either open access or following the traditional subscription-based model
• Journal Article Publishing Agreement
License Agreement for distribution under a Creative Commons License.
• Publication costs
Authors will be asked to pay an Article Processing Charge.
For more details go to ARTICLE PROCESSING CHARGES (APCs) AND LICENSE INFORMATION FOR OPEN ACCESS
Green Open Access
• What does it mean?
The authors of articles published via the subscription-based route are permitted to self-archive the preprint and postprint version of their research in several ways provided that they comply with the Self-archiving policy about what can be archived, where and when.
• Journal Article Publishing Agreement
Copyright Transfer Agreement.
• Publication costs
Publication is free of charge.
BENEFITS OF OPEN ACCESS
- All articles are rigorously peer-reviewed retaining the high quality and ethical standards of any traditional Minerva Medica journal
- Rapid publication
- Articles freely available at https://www.minervamedica.it/
- Greater and faster impact
- More citations and more downloads
- Increased interdisciplinary exchanges
- Wider collaboration between researchers
- Authors retain copyright and articles are published under a Creative Commons License
- Authors can archive the final, published version of their articles on their websites, institutional repositories, or other free public servers
- Compliance with open access mandates of major funding organizations and institutions
ABOUT CC LICENSES
https://creativecommons.org/about/cclicenses/
