Open access
Elsevier supports both gold and green open access. To discover more about our approach to open access explore the links below.
What are my open access options?
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This is a specific licence, such as a Creative Commons licence, which is applied to your article and determines how readers can use, download and share your article. |
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Download our open access publishing guide (in English)
Open access journals
Find an overview of all open access journals published by Elsevier.
Open archive
Elsevier provides free access to archived material in selected Elsevier journals.
Journal embargo finder
Search tool to find the embargo period for your Elsevier journal.
Agreements
Elsevier works with institutions and funding bodies around the world to help authors publishing in our journals comply with open access policies.
CHORUS
Elsevier is a founding member and supports the CHORUS service, providing a low-cost compliance service for open access.
Spotlight on open access
You may be surprised to learn that Elsevier not only publishes open access, but that we are the second-largest open access publisher.
Here we shine a light on the 5 things you may not have known about Elsevier and open access (OA).