Glycomics Open-access journals are scholarly journals that are available online to the reader "without financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those inseparable from gaining access to the internet itself. Advantages and disadvantages of Journal of Glycomics & Lipidomics are the subjects of much discussion amongst scholars and publishers. Reactions of existing publishers to Glycomics publishing have ranged from moving with enthusiasm to a new open-access business model, to experiments with providing as much free or open access as possible, to active lobbying against open-access proposals.