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The '''Open Access Button''' was a browser bookmarklet which registers when people hit a [[Paywall|paywall]] to an academic article and cannot access it.<ref name=about>{{cite web|title=About|url=http://oabutton.wordpress.com/about/|work=Open Access Button|date=4 July 2013|accessdate=18 November 2013}}</ref> It is supported by Medsin UK and the Right to Research Coalition.<ref name=about /> | The '''Open Access Button''' was a browser bookmarklet which registers when people hit a [[Paywall|paywall]] to an academic article and cannot access it.<ref name=about>{{cite web|title=About|url=http://oabutton.wordpress.com/about/|work=Open Access Button|date=4 July 2013|accessdate=18 November 2013}}</ref> It is supported by Medsin UK and the Right to Research Coalition.<ref name=about /> | ||
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The third version of the button was launched on 28 October 2016, again, as part of open access week.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://openaccessbutton.org/blog/new-oab-2016|title=Open Access Button|last=Labs|first=Cottage|website=openaccessbutton.org|access-date=2016-10-28}}</ref> | The third version of the button was launched on 28 October 2016, again, as part of open access week.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://openaccessbutton.org/blog/new-oab-2016|title=Open Access Button|last=Labs|first=Cottage|website=openaccessbutton.org|access-date=2016-10-28}}</ref> | ||
On September 18, 2025 OA.Works shut down the project.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-16 |title=Sunsetting the Open Access Button & InstantILL |url=https://blog.oa.works/sunsetting-the-open-access-button-instantill/ |access-date=2026-02-17 |website=OA.Works Blog |language=en}}</ref> | |||
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* [[Anna's Archive]] | * [[Anna's Archive]] | ||
* Bypass Paywalls Clean | * Bypass Paywalls Clean | ||
* [[Company:EndNote Click|EndNote Click]] | |||
* Eprint button | * Eprint button | ||
* [[Software:Unpaywall|Unpaywall]] | * [[Software:Unpaywall|Unpaywall]] | ||
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* {{official website|https://openaccessbutton.org/}} | * {{official website|https://openaccessbutton.org/}} | ||
* [https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/open-access-button/dacjlklfannlijcjfljgkieikajciabg Chrome Webstore Listing] | * [https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/open-access-button/dacjlklfannlijcjfljgkieikajciabg Chrome Webstore Listing] | ||
{{Open access navbox}} | {{Open access navbox}} | ||
[[Category:Software add-ons]] | [[Category:Software add-ons]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:26, 10 April 2026
Short description: Browser bookmarklet
The Open Access Button was a browser bookmarklet which registers when people hit a paywall to an academic article and cannot access it.[1] It is supported by Medsin UK and the Right to Research Coalition.[1]
A prototype was built at a BMJ Hack Weekend.[2][3] All code is openly available online at GitHub.[4]
A beta version of the Open Access Button was officially launched on 18 November 2013 at the Berlin 11 Satellite Conference for Students & Early Stage Researchers.[5] It records instances of hitting a paywall, and also provides options to try to locate an open access version of the article.[6] In April 2014 a crowdfunding campaign was started to build a second version.[7]
The second version of the button was launched on 21 October 2014 as part of Open Access Week.[8]
In February 2015 the Open Access Button and its co-founders, David Carroll and Joseph McArthur ("the button boys"), were awarded a SPARC Innovator Award by the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC).[9]
The third version of the button was launched on 28 October 2016, again, as part of open access week.[10]
On September 18, 2025 OA.Works shut down the project.[11]
See also
- 12ft
- Anna's Archive
- Bypass Paywalls Clean
- EndNote Click
- Eprint button
- Unpaywall
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "About". Open Access Button. 4 July 2013. http://oabutton.wordpress.com/about/. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ↑ Carroll, David; McArthur, Joseph (2013). "The Open Access Button: It's time we capture individual moments of paywall injustice and turn them into positive change". LSE Impact. http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2013/09/02/the-open-access-button-carroll-mcarthur/. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ↑ "Picture of the week". BMJ 347. July 2013. http://www.bmj.com/highwire/section-pdf/653443/0/1. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ↑ "Open Access Button". GitHub. https://github.com/oabutton. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ↑ "Speakers at B11 Satellite Conference". Right 2 Research Coalition. http://www.righttoresearch.org/act/berlin11/speakers. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ↑ "Push button for open access". Guardian. 18 November 2013. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/nov/18/open-access-button-push. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ↑ Browne, Tania (29 April 2014). "Let's shine a light on paywalls that deny open access to scientific research". Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/apr/29/paywalls-open-access-button-scientific-research. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ↑ "Launching the new Open Access Button. Push Button. Get Research. Make Progress. | Open Access Button blog". http://blog.openaccessbutton.org/2014/10/02/launching-the-new-open-access-button-push-button-get-research-make-progress/.
- ↑ Adams, Caralee (2015). "SPARC Innovator: The Open Access Button". Association of Research Libraries. Archived from the original on 2015-09-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20150915122630/http://www.sparc.arl.org/initiatives/innovator/oabutton. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
- ↑ Labs, Cottage. "Open Access Button". https://openaccessbutton.org/blog/new-oab-2016.
- ↑ "Sunsetting the Open Access Button & InstantILL" (in en). 2025-06-16. https://blog.oa.works/sunsetting-the-open-access-button-instantill/.
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