Alessandro Saretta wrote an article detailing how services like MarXiv can be used to comply with the EU's Horizon 2020 open access mandate.

Are you ready to submit your work to MarXiv? Great! Here's some guidelines to help get you started.

To date, MarXiv has saved ocean conservationists $150,278.45 from downloads on pay-walled papers.

If you want your research to be used for ocean conservation, those doing the conservation work need to be able to read more than just the abstract of your research for free.

This study of MPA management plans in three countries found that primary scientific research from journals represented just 14% of the information cited in the plans. A main reason for this shortfall was that most journal articles were behind paywalls, where managers had no access to them. This study was the first to document the impediment that journal paywalls present to marine management and to effective application of science for conservation.

Unsure of preprint and postprint archiving policies for academic journals? We've compiled a policy list to help you determine if you can share your work in MarXiv.

Publish your work behind a paywall? Put up a preprint, or just bury it in the ground. We're not joking. Free access to research really, really matters in ocean conservation. This is why: