Open access means that the results of your research are freely accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world, at any time. This means you get to share your work with people who might not otherwise have an opportunity to read it–and they can build on your work and share their own findings.
Preprint servers make it easier to find collaborators and get you out of the lab and into the discussion.
Open access is about radical, immediate and universal, unlimited online access to scientific research — it’s about putting science in the hands of those who need it.
Collaborating with other researchers means you can all benefit from each other’s knowledge and expertise.
Scientists are busy, but they still need to make sure that their research is public.