Here, for the sixth global Open Access Week, are the six most common and harmful misunderstandings about open access according to Peter Suber:
1) The only way to provide open access to peer-reviewed journal articles is to publish in open access journals 2) All or most open access journals charge publication fees 3) Most author-side fees are paid by the authors themselves 4) Publishing in a conventional journal closes the door on making the same work open access 5) Open access journals are intrinsically low in quality 6) Open access mandates infringe academic freedom
