Definition of OA and Open Science

Definition of Open Access and Open Science (by the European Commission)

Open access (OA) can be defined as the practice of providing on-line access to scientific information that is free of charge to the user and that is re-usable. In the context of Research & Development, open access to 'scientific information' refers to two main categories:

  1. Peer-reviewed scientific publications (primarily research articles published in academic journals)
  2. Scientific research data: data underlying publications and/or other data (such as curated but unpublished datasets or raw data)


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