Open Access publications offer advantages both for the authors of academic literature and data and for the recipients of this information:

• fast and free access to information;
• easy to find documents in library catalogues (University Library catalogue, Union Catalogue of the Common Library Network (GBV), KVK Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog) and via relevant search engine services (e.g. OIAster, BASE, Google Scholar);
• improved visibility of documents and, therefore, higher citation rate;
• safeguarding of authors' copyrights and patent rights.