Open Access Publishing

Make your research freely accessible to a global audience

Enhanced and Swift Visibility

Open Access articles are accessible globally, ensuring that your work reaches a wide audience immediately upon publication.

Broader Impact

Through permissive licenses such as CC BY, Open Access allows fellow researchers to build upon existing findings, thereby accelerating scientific progress and facilitating the creation of new data.

Higher Citation Rates

Research indicates that Open Access articles tend to be cited more frequently than those published in traditional subscription-based journals.

Enduring Accessibility

Open Access articles are hosted on dedicated platforms, guaranteeing their availability indefinitely, without restriction.

Increased Funding Opportunities

Many funding organizations now mandate that their grant recipients publish research as Open Access, ensuring widespread availability without limitations on reuse.

Barw applies the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) to all manuscripts published under its name.

This license permits others to remix and build upon your work for non-commercial purposes, with the stipulation that the original authors are properly credited. While derivative works must also be non-commercial, there is no requirement to apply the same licensing terms to the new creations.

Key Principles of Open Access

An Open Access publication adheres to the following criteria:

Authors and copyright holders grant all users a free, irrevocable, global, and perpetual right of access to the work. This includes the rights to copy, use, distribute, transmit, publicly display, and create derivative works, as long as proper attribution to the original author(s) is provided. Additionally, users can make a limited number of printed copies for personal use.
The complete work, including any supplementary materials, along with the permission statement, is deposited in at least one online repository immediately upon publication. This repository must be maintained by an academic institution, scholarly society, government agency, or a reputable organization, ensuring Open Access, unrestricted distribution, interoperability, and long-term archiving.