Open access is a key part of Open Access Scientific Knowledge (OASK) Publishers supports our mission to achieve the widest possible dissemination of high-quality research. We publish rigorously peer-reviewed, world-leading, trusted open access research, upholding the highest standards of publication ethics and integrity.

We work closely with our publishing partners to ensure that we offer open access in a sustainable way, supporting publications for their communities and offering researchers publishing options for making their research available to all and compliant with funder mandates.

Our open access publishing in numbers

• Our open access articles have the highest number of policy and patent document mentions, relative to volume of output, compared to other major academic publishers
• Our open access articles have the 2 nd highest mean lifetime citation rate compared to other major academic publishers
• Our journals are diamond open access, meaning authors publish for free and readers access for free
• Our journals have adopted a research data policy