Open access is unrestricted online access to peer-reviewed scholarly research. Open access may also refer to: Computing, Internet and communication OpenAccess, a common database initiative in electronic design automation Open-access network, a horizontally layered network architecture and business model Open Access Same-Time Information System, a policy for transmission service Open communication, open access to communications infrastructure and services Other uses Open access (economics), non-excludable resources in economics Open Access (UK and Ireland TV channels), a set of commercial television channels on the Sky satellite platform operated from the United Kingdom Open access (infrastructure), access to infrastructure such as railways Open access, in the right of public access to the wilderness Open access mission, synonymous for open admissions policies in higher education Open access (publishing), journals that gives open access to its articles An unjuried exhibition or festival Fringe festival See also Access rights (disambiguation) Open source (disambiguation) Public access (disambiguation)