The University Libraries offers financial support to eligible members of the Mason community to offset the costs of publishing in scholarly open access (OA) journals that charge author fees. Complete and submit the Open Access Publishing Fund application (click Application Instructions in the left menu bar).
Questions? Contact the Open Educational Resources and Scholarly Communications Librarian (publish@gmu.edu)
Most OA publications do not require payment because the host institution or a society absorbs the burden of cost. However, one OA business model currently practiced transfers the costs of publication from the end-user or an intermediary (i.e., the subscription model) to the producer (i.e., author). In this model, access to online articles is free of pay barriers, hence its label as “open access” content.¹ Users may print-out or electronically share these articles without payment to or permission from the copyright holder.
To that end, the Open Access Publishing Fund at Mason supports four broad goals:
- To encourage publication in scholarly open access journals.
- To reduce financial barriers to scholarly research,
- To disseminate scholarship produced at George Mason University as widely and immediately as possible, and
- To foster research and artistic collaboration among and between scholars at Mason and throughout the world.
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