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The decision to publish work in open access means… 

Greater visibility for publications 

OA enables you to reach a wider audience and a larger readership – free of charge and without barriers. Unlike the print version, a digital copy can be accessed by multiple users at the same time. Publishing via OA involves… 

INCREASE IN CITATIONS 

As a result, your Hirsch index increases. By making your publication available in digital form, you not only make it easier for other researchers who wish to cite it and use a reference manager (e.g. Zotero, Mendeley), but you also reduce the risk of errors in citations to your work (e.g. typos in your surname). In doing so, you are joining positive new trends in academia by focusing on… 

THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION 

Thanks to OA, it is easier to network with other researchers, share knowledge and develop joint projects, as well as enrich research topics with different perspectives. Researchers interested in OA can look forward to… 

NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES 

Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling (ICM) supports Open Access academic publications through open publishing schemes run in collaboration with publishers. Examples include schemes Springer and Elsevier – global leaders in academic publishing, who are increasingly making it possible to publish under the OA model. Thanks to ICM’s involvement, Polish researchers can publish their work under the open access model without incurring any costs associated with APC (Article Processing Charges), which makes research findings more accessible to a wider audience. It is worth bearing in mind that publishing in OA enables… 

PRESERVATION OF COPYRIGHT 

which means that the author is free to dispose of their work – to distribute it, receive remuneration for its use, and make it publicly available. In the traditional model of publishing in commercial academic journals, authors are often required to transfer their economic copyright to the publisher or grant them an exclusive licence. This model significantly restricts the author’s ability to make their work available independently, for example in repositories or on private websites. By comparison, institutional repositories typically use non-exclusive licences or licences Creative Commons. A non-exclusive licence allows the author to grant further licences to other parties and to publish their work in various places without having to obtain the repository’s consent. This enables authors to freely share their work: in institutional repositories, on their own websites, and on academic or social media platforms. In the case of Creative Commons licences, the terms of access are clearly defined — for example, the CC BY licence requires only attribution, leaving full freedom for the further use of the work.