Local Academic iScholar provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. The users (readers) have the right to read, download, distribute, print, search or link to the full texts of these articles, or use the article for any other lawful purpose, without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself.
The benefits for Open Access in
Local Academic iScholar:
- immediate, universal access of the article upon publication
- up-to-dated publication online
- high visibility and discoverability
- article are easy to access and download
- article having greater readership and potential for citation
- multi-languages for readership