# Most research today is not in Open Access Journals

The majority of research today is published behind a paywall (figure \ref{420454}). This is unlikely to be the case in the next few years. Particularly since new policies require research to be published in open access journals (figure \ref{420454}). First coined in the early 90's, open access refers to content that is freely accessible and reusable under specific copyright agreements, such as the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (CC-BY 4.0). What has lead to the rise of open access journals? How does Authorea, a collaborative authoring platform, fit within the landscape?