Academic Authors, Scientific Information and Open Access Publishing

Abstract

This paper discusses the contribution of academic authors to the policy of Open Access publishing. The main reason academic authors make their arti-cles openly accessible is to maximize their research impact. An open access makes citation of scientific information easier and cheaper, so the OA should be the way to increase the citation rate. But, the attitude of academic authors towards the publishing of their scientific information in an OA is not uniform. The purpose of this paper will be to describe whether the literature is freed from all access barriers and impact barriers by self-archiving. And if it is not, what are the obstacles to self-archiving and OA publishing? This paper will try to find some answers to that question.