What does "open access" mean?

A set of principles and practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of access charges or other barriers.

Open access

Q: What is a synonym for "open access"?

Common synonyms include: accessible to all, communal gardener responsibilities, communal gardens, communal use, community-owned resources, democratization.

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Noun

1
A set of principles and practices through which research outputs are distributed online, free of access charges or other barriers. uncountable
"The amenities of the institute include a well-arranged open-access library of 18,000 volumes, and a small but valuable reference library of railway literature; the present writer is Librarian."
2
Public access to infrastructure, such as railways. uncountable
"Dominguez-González explained: "The Spanish market is no longer a monopolistic one, and there is great interest among both the existing open access operators and potential future ones in providing services on other lines.""

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accessible to all communal gardener responsibilities communal gardens communal use community-owned resources democratization

Antonyms

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denied access departmental silo elite status elitist ideology

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"The amenities of the institute include a well-arranged open-access library of 18,000 volumes, and a small but valuable reference library of railway literature; the present writer is Librarian."

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