The impact of Open Access: benefits for individuals, organisations, and research progress

"To Summarize

• Open access should be the default way for science to be communicated, then there would be no benefits just optimal flow of knowledge.
• In a subscription-based world, OA carries benefits to researchers and their institutions.
• No one suffers from OA, there are only upsides.
• Not using research to its full potential is a waste – why spend 2 years on work for an article and then not use 20 more minutes to ensure that it is read as widely as possible and permanently open?"