Here, Parker Higgings takes the time to look back at ten years of open access.

Ten years ago this week, the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI) was released to the public. This seminal document explained how technology could revolutionize academic publishing, and defined “open access” as the free and unrestricted availability of peer-reviewed journal literature online.

Stunning fact from the article:

In 2008, a subscription to the “Journal of Comparative Neurology,” for example, cost $21,852.