Learning and Research Services

Open access (OA) means making research publications freely available for the public to read and re-use. It is part of the larger open science movement. HKU, as a signatory to Berlin Declaration on Open Access, encourages and supports researchers to publish research articles in open access.

Open science is an umbrella term that involves various movements aiming to remove the barriers to sharing any output, resources, methods or tools at any stage of the research process. It includes open access to publications, open research data, open peer review, open educational resources, open monographs, citizen science, and more.

Research metrics are quantitative indicators or measures that provide some evidence of the impact of a research output, including academic impact, and impact beyond academia, such as economic, societal, and cultural impact.

When publishing in open access, an author is sometimes required to pay a fee, namely Article Processing Charge. The Libraries has entered into agreements with various publishers, enabling HKU authors to publish articles in open access in eligible journals with charges covered.