OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING — “SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR”

Scientific knowledge needs to be widely disseminated across the globe, for it critically analyzed or built upon future studies. The conventional publication model has been less accessible due prohibitive subscription costs and hence need arose open access where readers would have free access. Open Science movement is not only about open-access journals but also includes source, data methodology, peer review, indexing, archiving. prototype gold researchers (themselves supported by grants funding agencies) pay certain article processing charges content without any restrictions. Additionally, there a free-to-use platforms repositories like PubMed Central archive content. Institutional repository another way collecting, archiving, distributing scholarly contents of an academic institution. Preprint servers allow archiving manuscripts before they are submitted undergo review publication, offer important platform freely sharing knowledge. While looks attractive, its challenges. Currently, change meant transfer financial burden, earlier borne readers, authors in form APCs. Irrespective model, reconsider high which often many. must public at reasonable cost delay.