Editing Open access (section)

==== Low-income countries ====
In developing nations, open access archiving and publishing acquires a unique importance.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Karlstrøm |first1=Henrik |last2=Aksnes |first2=Dag W |last3=Piro |first3=Fredrik N |title=Benefits of open access to researchers from lower-income countries: A global analysis of reference patterns in 1980–2020 |journal=[[Journal of Information Science]] |date=2024 |doi=10.1177/01655515241245952 |doi-access=free|hdl=11250/3130944 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> Scientists, health care professionals, and institutions in developing nations often do not have the capital necessary to access scholarly literature.

Many open access projects involve international collaboration. For example, the [[SciELO]] (Scientific Electronic Library Online),<ref>[http://www.scielo.org/index.php?lang=en Scientific Electronic Library Online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050831151907/http://www.scielo.org/index.php?lang=en |date=31 August 2005 }}. SciELO. Retrieved on 3 December 2011.</ref> is a comprehensive approach to full open access journal publishing, involving a number of [[Latin America]]n countries. [[Bioline International]], a [[non-profit organization]] dedicated to helping publishers in developing countries is a collaboration of people in the UK, Canada, and Brazil; the Bioline International Software is used around the world. [[Research Papers in Economics]] (RePEc), is a collaborative effort of over 100 volunteers in 45 countries. The [[Public Knowledge Project]] in Canada developed the [[Open-source software|open-source]] publishing software [[Open Journal Systems]] (OJS), which is now in use around the world, for example by the [[African Journals Online]] group, and one of the most active development groups is Portuguese. This international perspective has resulted in advocacy for the development of [[open-source appropriate technology]] and the necessary open access to relevant information for [[sustainable development]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pearce |first=J. M. |year=2012 |title=The case for open source appropriate technology |journal=Environment, Development and Sustainability |volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=425–431 |doi=10.1007/s10668-012-9337-9 |bibcode=2012EDSus..14..425P |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>A. J. Buitenhuis, et al., "[http://nciia.org/sites/default/files/pearce.pdf Open Design-Based Strategies to Enhance Appropriate Technology Development] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725131916/http://nciia.org/sites/default/files/pearce.pdf |date=25 July 2018 }}", ''Proceedings of the 14th Annual National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance Conference : Open'', 25–27 March 2010, pp.1–12.</ref>