Open Access - What is it?

Open access (OA) or open access publishing is the publication of material in such a way that it is available to all potential users without financial or other barriers. An open access publisher is a publisher producing such material. Many types of material can be published in this manner: scholarly journals, known specifically as open access journals, magazines and newsletters, e-text or other e-books (whether scholarly, literary, or recreational), music, fine arts, or any product of intellectual activity. In this context, non-open access distribution is called "toll access" or "subscription access".

Creative Commons licenses

The works published by Ledizioni can be distributed freely and for free with Creative Commons licenses. We suggest the "Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported" license, but we can also consider other licenses.

More info

Open Access is a very active movement, for this reason we suggest some links that will make clear all your doubts about this matter:

- Open Access: a brief introduction
- Open Access Overview edited by Peter Suber
- Open Access News

Do you want to know more about the oppurtunity of publishing and distributing your own Open Access works? Don't hesitate! Contact us!