What is open access ?

« Content in open access is accessible to all with no barriers: no authentication requirements, no resources under an embargo, no paid access, etc. This may concern scientific publications, data, code, etc.» Comité pour la science ouverte, https://www.ouvrirlascience.fr/category/glossaire/ 

French and European guidelines such as the "French national plan for open science" or cOAlition S are in accordance with it and promote the free and unrestricted access to documents issued by a work financed by the French public research or European Union funds.

Quae-Open, a website for open access eBooks

In this context, and in order to support this approach, Quæ makes available part of its catalog on a website fully dedicated to their open access eBooks.

Immediate download

A great part of Quæ's books, in French and in English, are available without any restrictions, in both ePub and PDF formats. 

A Hybrid Publishing Model

It combines two forms of access to our publications: open access for the digital format, alongside a print format available for purchase (see our website www.quae.com).

Persistent Identifier and Indexing

A DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is assigned to every title published in open access. The books are also indexed in numerous platforms, including DOAB.

License terms

In agreement with the authors, Quae's open access works are mainly distributed under a CC-by-NC-ND license. Works from other publishers that we distribute may be under a different license.

You are free to:

Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format

The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

Under the following terms:

Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.

NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

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