The Argument for Open Access | Strategies for Grad School | Surviving Grad School

"Many researchers have become advocates of open access publishing and many academic publishers have even started open access journals. Open access journals are definitely a type of publication you will submit to and be published in throughout your career. Whether you should start as a grad student, however, depends on your field and your graduate school. Research publication trends in your field and then go to researchers at your institution to determine how important open access publishing is to your fellow researchers. A good guiding rule across most disciplines is to more seriously consider publishing with an open access journal when your research is publically funded."