FAQs

Many of the research articles published by our authors are stuck behind a paywall - only accessible to readers who have subscription to the journal or pay to view the article. 

Making your research works Open Access, for example in PolyU’s Institutional Research Archive (PIRA), means a permissible version of your work is findable, accessible and readable by the research community and general public even though they do not have subscription. 

In doing so, you increase the visibility and accessibility of your research works, thus allowing an enhanced research impact and could result in higher citations for your article.