Open access journals provide an unrestricted avenue for sharing research outputs, granting the license to freely build upon and reuse these works. Open access journals also follow a criteria of ethics that empower authors to retain, revise, redistribute, or remix the content without the need for permission.
The Osgoode Law Library and Osgoode Digital Commons actively promotes open scholarship and collaborates with journal publishers to explore and discover open channels for sharing research with the global knowledge community.
The information collected in this guide comes from the Open Access Journal Toolkit produced by the The Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) and DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals This is a key resource for new and existing journals seeking to implement ethical and transparent publishing practices.
Below are additional resources on open access at Osgoode Hall Law School:
Open Access & Research Dissemination at Osgoode Hall Law School
Open access to Canadian legal journals expanding