Open-access (OA) options, including preprints and postprints, provide free access to research, accelerate the dissemination of academic work, are associated with increased impact of scholarly work, and may aid in dissemination of null results. However, OA publishing is not an established practice for many special education researchers, and journal and publishers’ policies regarding OA are not always clear. In this article, we systematically reviewed OA policies (i.e., regarding preprints, postprints, OA publishing, article processing charges [APCs], and embargo periods) for 51 special education journals and five publishers of special education journals. Most journals provided few policies, only three journals provided information for each OA feature examined, and many journals and publishers reported substantial APCs and embargo periods over 18 months. We recommend journals and publishers clearly post OA policies and reduce APCs to foster broad and open dissemination of special education research.

开放获取（OA）选项（包括预印本和后印本）可提供免费的研究机会，加速学术工作的传播，与学术工作的影响力增强相关，并可能有助于传播无效的结果。但是，OA出版并不是许多特殊教育研究人员的既定做法，期刊和出版商有关OA的政策并不总是很明确。在本文中，我们系统地审查了51种特殊教育期刊和5种特殊教育期刊的OA政策（即关于预印本，后印，OA出版，文章处理费[APC]和禁运期）。大多数期刊提供的政策很少，只有三本期刊提供了有关所检查的每种OA功能的信息，许多期刊和出版商都报告了超过18个月的大量APC和禁运期。我们建议期刊和出版商清楚地发布开放获取政策，并减少APC，以促进特殊教育研究的广泛和公开传播。