Access Icons
Closed access icon
Open access icon
(free web resources; e.g.,blog, in institutional repository but not a copy of a published journal article, etc.)
Open access (peer-reviewed journals)
NOTE: Open access icons generally use the orange icon for "true" open access (peer-reviewed journals fully open access) with the green for open web resources.
Partial access icon
Part open/part closed
Explanations
| Access/terms type | meaning | Journal icon's (current) | Citation's (current) |
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| Open access (gold) | open access via publisher | |
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| Open access (green) | open access self published |  |
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| Hybrid | author pays journal for open access |  |
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| Time delay | article open access after a time period | no icon | / (could auto switch) |
| Hybrid Time delay | both systems | no icon | / (could auto switch) |
| Closed / paywall | typically requires payment for access |  |
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