Information Research, is an open access, international, scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research across a wide range of information-related disciplines.
Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. What makes it possible is the internet and the consent of the author or copyright-holder.
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The open-access movement is the worldwide effort to provide free online access to scientific and scholarly research literature, especially peer-reviewed journal articles and their preprints. Timeline keys on landmark events; concise.
Peer review, originally to filter out unreasonable claims, now focuses on the marketable value of a manuscript. Open access journals should return the focus to academic, not commercial, criteria.