Open Access Australasia provides readers with the different colors of open access and recommends using description language when discussing the various types of journals.
If authors have signed a Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA), publisher's policy will determine which version of an article can be archived in a repository. Authors can check their CTA for this information or the publisher’s website. SHERPA/RoMEO is another resource that provides publisher copyright policies and self-archiving information.
Many individuals and groups benefits from Open Access to include:
The “HowOpenIsIt?®” was created by SPARC in conjunction with PLOS, and the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) as a guide that standardizes Open Access terminology in an easily understandable, comprehensive resource.