Benefits of Open Access
Publishing under the open access option usually offers several benefits such as greater reach and readership for your work. The open access enables immediate reach and downloads on publication. Many funders require open access, and some take compliance into account when assessing future grant applications. The copyright remains with you: Most open-access articles are published under the liberal Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY) license. Authors are requested to look into the issue of compliance with sponsoring agencies and institutional open access mandates.