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Background:
‘Open access’ is a way of publishing scholarly research that makes it available unrestricted online. 'Open access' for Cochrane means that authors can choose to make their Cochrane Review or Protocol open access in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) immediately upon publication (gold open access), while authors of all other reviews and protocols will see them go free to view 12 months after publication (green open access). Cochrane is also committed to developing a roadmap for achieving universal open access to new and updated Cochrane Systematic Reviews by the end of 2016. On 1 February 2014, Cochrane had its first anniversary of providing 'open access'.
Objectives:
The objectives of this presentation are to provide a background to open access and the evolving open access environment, report on the uptake of open access across Cochrane Reviews, and progress on the development of the open access roadmap for all Cochrane Reviews.
‘Open access’ is a way of publishing scholarly research that makes it available unrestricted online. 'Open access' for Cochrane means that authors can choose to make their Cochrane Review or Protocol open access in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR) immediately upon publication (gold open access), while authors of all other reviews and protocols will see them go free to view 12 months after publication (green open access). Cochrane is also committed to developing a roadmap for achieving universal open access to new and updated Cochrane Systematic Reviews by the end of 2016. On 1 February 2014, Cochrane had its first anniversary of providing 'open access'.
Objectives:
The objectives of this presentation are to provide a background to open access and the evolving open access environment, report on the uptake of open access across Cochrane Reviews, and progress on the development of the open access roadmap for all Cochrane Reviews.