Open Access
Positively impacting humanity. Broadening your reach.
Freely Accessible
Open Access (OA) research is literature that is freely accessible without a subscription and with few constraints on permission for reuse.
Reducing barriers
OA prioritizes equity by reducing the barriers to reading, discovering and sharing scholarly literature resulting in greater visibility and impact for your research.
Funding and publishing opportunities
Fully or partially covering article processing charges (APCs) through our existing agreements with publishers
- Quickly get discipline-specific recommendations via our OA Funding Recommender
Open Access Fund: funding for your article-processing or publishing fees for full open access journals
Open Monograph Fund: grants for peer-reviewed, open access monographs
Journal hosting by the University Libraries:
- Open Journals: 11 titles across a broad array of disciplines
- Any CU Boulder affiliate can apply to publish a journal with us: Open Journal Hosting Policies
Open Educational Resources: supporting high-quality, no-cost resources for students through using or creating textbooks or other teaching & learning resources
Finding open options
Exploring journals in your discipline
Think, Check, Submit: Identify trusted publishers for your research
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Ulrichsweb: Directory of scholarly periodicals; limit your search results to “Open Access”
Meeting requirements
Guidance for public access to federally funded research
- See: OSTP Public Access Memorandum (2022)
- 2022 Updated OSTP Policy Guidance with information by agency
CU Boulder Campus Open Access Policy (2013)
- Deposit your work in CU Scholar
Sharing my research
Curating your online presence
CU Experts, ORCID profiles and other campus support: Data & Impact
Make your work openly discoverable to researchers and journalists worldwide through CU Scholar, our institutional repository
Understanding impact indicators
Journal impact, article citations,
traditional metrics (H-Index, i-10 Index, etc.),
altmetrics and more: Measuring Impact
Preserving your rights
Author’s Rights: Your rights as a creator, negotiating for those rights, licensing options
Retaining your rights using the SPARC Author Addendum
Questions about copyright? copyright@colorado.edu
Recent Open Access news
Questions?
Connect with the Center for Research Data and Digital Scholarship (CRDDS) to learn more about Open Access at CU.
Contact our Scholarly Communication Librarian about open access, meeting funder requirements, or other topics.