title: Open access: changing global science publishing.
abstract: The article reflects on open access as a strategy of changing the quality of science communication globally. Successful examples of open-access journals are presented to highlight implications of archiving in open digital repositories for the quality and citability of research output. Advantages and downsides of gold, green, and hybrid models of open access operating in diverse scientific environments are described. It is assumed that open access is a global trend which influences the workflow in scholarly journals, changing their quality, credibility, and indexability.
authors.affiliation: Armen Yuri Gasparyan, Departments of Rheumatology and Research and Development, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust (A Teaching Trust of University of Birmingham), Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, United Kingdom, a.gasparyan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Armen Yuri
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Gasparyan
authors.forename: Lilit
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ayvazyan
authors.forename: George D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Kitas
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic / Q000639:trends*; D011643:Publishing / Q000639:trends*