Title: Module 2: Assignments
Course: Teaching Open Science and Research Data Management for Undergraduates > Section: Module 2: Open Access

1. Watch the video “Open Access Explained” and reflect on how Open Access can change the scientific world in the future and the challenges it faces.

Open Access Explained!

2. Find out about Journal Open Access Policies:

- Choose a journal that you are familiar with in your field.
- Use the link to the Open Policy Finder site to determine the journal’s OA policies.  Open Policy Finder is an online resource that aggregates and presents publisher and journal open access policies from around the world.
- Write down what you found out.

3.  True or false? If false, correct the statement.

a. An Academic Journal is a non-scholarly periodical where researchers publish articles sharing their personal opinions.

b. Articles published in Academic Journals are typically peer-reviewed to ensure credibility.

c. All Academic Journals offer free access to their articles, ensuring that there is no financial barrier to accessing knowledge.

d. Open-access journals charge a fee for readers to access and download published articles.

e. Preprints are early versions of research papers that are shared publicly in scientific repositories before they have undergone the peer-review process.

f. Predatory publishing charges authors fees without offering the same quality or services as real academic journals.