The journal's encourages papers from across academic, professional, and non-academic communities.

[2] The journal is notable -- along with HardwareX published by Elsevier with which it competes -- for pioneering the definition of OSH both as an academic field and as a legal engineering concept.

This influence goes beyond its own publications to encourage other OSH projects, such as those found on github, to adopt similar standards.

The Journal also requires projects to be documented up to a defined standard which is in line with the GOSH quality sharing guidelines.

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