Although making your work available open access can make it technologically easier for potential plagiarists to find and copy your words, at the same time its openness can also serve as a form of protection against plagiarism. Your work will be posted with a publicly documented date of publication and author information. If people search for your words, the search results will include your work. Therefore it will be easier to detect plagiarism of your work, in comparison with a work that is only available in print form or in a closed access database.
