Open Access, Open Science

With the Open Access publication service Hamburg University Press, the Hamburg State and University Library supports Open Access in Research according to its Open Access Policy. 

Open Access means that scientific knowledge gained with the help of public funds - both publications and research data - is made freely available on the Internet for interested parties and can be re-used and further disseminated. Re-use is supported by the use of free licences, usually CC BY 4.0 and CC BY SA 4.0.
Open Access makes an important contribution to Open Science as well as to transparency for the interested public.

Open access to the research results of researchers and scholars promotes the dissemination of knowledge, increases visibility within the respective scientific community and thus contributes to the reputation of the researchers.