Open Access
Unrestricted Reuse, Redistribution, and Global Transmission.
What is Open Access?
Open access publishing refers to unrestricted reuse and redistribution. It facilitates easy access for research distribution and its global transmission to any internet user for free.
Open access publishing is a reverse process to the traditional print publishing method where publishers hold the copyrights to the articles. In traditional models, a reader has to pay to access articles. Overcoming these barriers, open access is a new generation of digital publishing where the author covers the cost of the publication process, and the article is made available online for free to everyone.
Other than their cost-recovery model, Open Access journals are no different from traditional subscription-based journals; they undergo the same rigorous peer-review and quality control. Moreover, Open Access allows for maximum visibility, uptake, and use of published material.
Open Access @ Scholar Publishing UK
All original research papers published by Scholar Publishing UK are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication. Open access publishing allows immediate, world-wide, barrier-free access to the full text of research papers, which is in the best interests of the scientific community.
- High visibility for maximum global exposure.
- Rigorous peer review of research papers.
- Prompt, faster publication with less cost.
- Guaranteed targeted, multidisciplinary audience.
Scholar Publishing UK is striving for membership in the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), adheres to its CODE OF CONDUCT, and supports the STATEMENT ON OPEN ACCESS.
How Open is Scholar Publishing UK on the "Spectrum"?
Scholar Publishing UK supports the Budapest Open Access Initiative and demonstrates its “openness” clearly in the standardized form on the Open Access Spectrum across 6 core components:
1. Reader Rights
Scholar Publishing UK is fully open on Reader Rights, granting immediate and free access to all published articles globally without any subscription barriers.
2. Reuse Rights
Scholar Publishing UK is fully open by granting a Creative Commons CC BY license. On special request, authors may choose the protective Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) alternative.
3. Copyrights
Scholar Publishing UK asks authors to grant a non-exclusive copyright. In this way, authors continue to hold full copyright over their work with no restrictions.
4. Author Posting Rights
Authors hold copyright for both pre-prints and post-prints, and are allowed to post their raw manuscripts on any repository or website using our persistent Crossref DOI links.
5. Automatic Posting
Articles are made available online directly without any delay via OnlineFirst. RSS feeds are also made available for the Table of Contents of every new issue.
6. Machine Readability
Scholar Publishing UK strives to make articles as Machine Readable as possible with current technology by utilizing state-of-the-art online reading tools and metadata standards.
Publication Ethics Statement
Scholar Publishing UK is committed to maintaining high standards through rigorous peer-review together with strict ethical policies. Any infringements of professional ethical codes, such as plagiarism, fraudulent use of data, or bogus claims of authorship, are taken very seriously with zero tolerance.
Scholar Publishing UK follows the Code of Conduct of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and follows the COPE Flowcharts for Resolving Cases of Suspected Misconduct.