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The 47 pages that link to Open access, each with the reason it gives.

• Scholarly peer reviewRelated: Access describes availability, not whether or how a work underwent peer review.

• Property rightsCompared with: It differs from common property, where a group has enforceable rules governing access.

• World Wide WebRelated: The Web enabled broad distribution of research beyond traditional publishing channels.

• Digital libraryRelated: Open-access policies shape which scholarly materials digital libraries can expose freely.

• Tragedy of the commonsCompared with: The tragedy is especially likely under open access, rather than every form of shared ownership.

• Open scienceRelated: It removes price barriers to research papers, one of open science’s most visible outputs.

• Scientific journalRelated: Open access changes who can read journal articles and how publication costs are covered.

• Creative Commons licensesRelated: Creative Commons licenses commonly specify reuse permissions for open-access publications.

• PaywallCompared with: It removes reader-facing payment barriers for scholarly content.

• WikipediaRelated: Wikipedia’s free availability resembles open access, though its articles are not scholarly publications.

• Information literacyRelated: Access conditions shape whether people can obtain information for informed use.

• Creative CommonsRelated: Researchers and publishers use Creative Commons licenses to specify reuse rights for articles.

• Open educational resourcesRelated: It shares OER's access goals but chiefly concerns research literature rather than teaching materials.

• Academic journalRelated: It changes who can read journal articles and how publication costs are covered.

• Academic publishingRelated: It changes who can read published research and how publication costs are covered.

• Common ownershipCompared with: Common ownership has a governing group; open access lacks that boundary.

• Interlibrary loanCompared with: Openly available works may meet a need without a library-to-library request.

• Scholarly communicationCompared with: It challenges subscription barriers while leaving questions about who pays for publishing.

• Scientific publishingCompared with: It contrasts with subscription access by removing reader-side payment barriers.

• Academic libraryRelated: Libraries support open access through repositories, publishing programs, and negotiations with publishers.

• Book tradeCompared with: Open access challenges paywalled sales models while still relying on publication and distribution systems.

• Digital publishingCompared with: It changes access conditions, not the digital production format itself.

• The LancetCompared with: Access models distinguish some Lancet titles and articles from subscription-based publishing.

• Institutional repositoryNarrower topic: Repositories are a major route for making scholarship openly available.

• PublishingCompared with: Open access changes how publication costs are paid and who can read the result.

• Digital historyRelated: Open access can broaden public and scholarly use of digital historical research.

• Academic conferenceRelated: Open proceedings can make conference research available beyond attending institutions.

• Garrett HardinCompared with: Hardin’s pasture assumes open access, a condition often confused with common ownership.

• PLOS ONENarrower topic: PLOS ONE makes its published articles freely available to readers.

• Research libraryRelated: Library-led publishing and repository services can make research openly available.

• World Digital LibraryRelated: Free online access was central to the World Digital Library’s public mission.

• Periodical literatureCompared with: It contrasts with subscription-based journal circulation, a major model for scholarly periodicals.

• Aaron SwartzNarrower topic: Swartz made open access a central cause, opposing barriers that kept publicly funded research behind paywalls.

• Data sharingCompared with: Open access concerns publications, while data sharing concerns underlying or other datasets.

• Five Laws of Library ScienceRelated: The first law favors removing barriers that keep books from being used.

• Astrophysics Data SystemRelated: ADS helps surface freely available papers alongside publisher records.

• Free-culture movementRelated: It applies free-culture principles to research and scholarly publishing.

• Astronomy & AstrophysicsRelated: The journal offers routes for authors to make articles openly accessible.

• Scientific ReportsRelated: The journal makes its published articles freely accessible to readers.

• Z-LibraryCompared with: It expands access through authorized routes unlike much of Z-Library's collection.

• Criticism of copyrightCompared with: It addresses access barriers without requiring the abolition of copyright.

• European Physical JournalRelated: Open-access options shape how articles in the family can be published and read.

• Legal Cases and CommentaryRelated: Open access changes who can consult legal decisions and their explanatory analysis.

• National Library of IsraelRelated: Online access initiatives make portions of the library's heritage collections available worldwide.

• Open knowledgeBroader topic: It is the best-known publishing practice for making research knowledge openly available.

• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of AmericaRelated: PNAS offers open-access publication options alongside other access arrangements.

• Proceedings of the Royal SocietyRelated: Open-access options affect how articles in the journal can be read and reused.