Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing
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The Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing is a foundational 2003 declaration that helped define the principles and standards of modern open access to scholarly literature.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing canonical | 4 |
| Statement on Open Access Journals | 1 |
| Statement on Open Access Publishing | 1 |
| Statement on Open Access Repositories | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11857281 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing Context triple: [open access movement, hasKeyDocument, Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing]
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A.
Open Archives Initiative
The Open Archives Initiative is an organization that develops and promotes interoperability standards to facilitate the efficient dissemination and harvesting of digital scholarly and cultural content.
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B.
TIB Open Publishing
TIB Open Publishing is an open-access publishing platform for scientific and technical content provided by the TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and University Library.
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C.
open access movement
The open access movement is a global effort to make scholarly research and educational resources freely available online without financial, legal, or technical barriers.
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D.
Royal Society Open Science
Royal Society Open Science is a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal published by the Royal Society that covers a broad range of scientific disciplines.
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E.
Directory of Open Access Journals
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is an online index that curates and provides access to high-quality, peer-reviewed open access scholarly journals from around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing Target entity description: The Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing is a foundational 2003 declaration that helped define the principles and standards of modern open access to scholarly literature.
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A.
Open Archives Initiative
The Open Archives Initiative is an organization that develops and promotes interoperability standards to facilitate the efficient dissemination and harvesting of digital scholarly and cultural content.
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B.
TIB Open Publishing
TIB Open Publishing is an open-access publishing platform for scientific and technical content provided by the TIB – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology and University Library.
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C.
open access movement
The open access movement is a global effort to make scholarly research and educational resources freely available online without financial, legal, or technical barriers.
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D.
Royal Society Open Science
Royal Society Open Science is a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal published by the Royal Society that covers a broad range of scientific disciplines.
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E.
Directory of Open Access Journals
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is an online index that curates and provides access to high-quality, peer-reviewed open access scholarly journals from around the world.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
open access declaration
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policy document ⓘ scholarly communication statement ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
guide policies of institutions and funders
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promote open access to peer-reviewed research ⓘ standardize definitions of open access ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Wellcome Trust ⓘ academic publishers ⓘ major research funders ⓘ scientific societies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| definesConcept |
author rights in open access
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deposit in online repository ⓘ immediate free access ⓘ open access ⓘ open access journal criteria ⓘ open access publishing ⓘ open access repository criteria ⓘ permissive licensing ⓘ reuse rights for scholarly articles ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
archiving in interoperable repositories
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author retention of key rights ⓘ free availability of scholarly literature ⓘ removal of permission barriers ⓘ removal of price barriers ⓘ reuse and redistribution rights ⓘ |
| hasSection |
Statement on Open Access Journals
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linked to:
Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing
Statement on Open Access Publishing ⓘ
linked to:
Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing
Statement on Open Access Repositories ⓘ
linked to:
Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing
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| hasURL | http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/bethesda.htm ⓘ |
| influenced |
definitions of open access in scholarly communication
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development of open access journals ⓘ institutional open access mandates ⓘ open access policies of research funders ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
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Budapest Open Access Initiative ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Bethesda, Maryland ⓘ |
| proposes |
conditions for open access to scholarly articles
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criteria for open access journals ⓘ criteria for open access repositories ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2003-06-20 ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| requires |
deposit of the work in at least one online repository
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immediate free online access to articles ⓘ permission to copy, use, distribute, and display the work ⓘ |
| shortName | Bethesda Statement ⓘ |
| subject |
copyright in academic publishing
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open access journals ⓘ open access publishing ⓘ scholarly communication ⓘ scientific publishing ⓘ self-archiving ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 21st century ⓘ |
| title | Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing Description of subject: The Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing is a foundational 2003 declaration that helped define the principles and standards of modern open access to scholarly literature.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing
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Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing
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linked to: Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing
linked to: Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing
linked to: Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing
Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities
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Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing
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