Publishing an Open Access article
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Find a journal which is relevant to you:
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If you do not already have some ideas, ask your collegues for suggestions for relevant journals.
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You can search for Open Access journals in the Database for Statistics on Higher Education's (DBH) list of authorised publication channels. See our guidelines on how to search DBH.
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You can search the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). The directory gives you an overview of almost 10.000 quality assured open journals.
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In the DBH publication channels you should also check if the journal counts in the financing system for scientific publications. The journals in DBH are also quality assured.
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Check whether the journal requires a publication fee (APC, Article Publishing Charge), and that you have cost coverage for this. It can be in the form of
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project funds
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the journal is included in an agreement that the institution has. See Agreements on open access publishing - University Library (uio.no) See also guidance on how you can find journals included in agreements in the Register for Scientific Journals (uio.no)
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that the unit you are affiliated with has funds to cover the publication fee
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- Complete the process by archiving your article.
Publishing an Open Access chapter
Are you contributing to an Open Access anthology? The editor will already have insured that the publisher and publication is legitimate. Here are a few things which need to be in place:
- Is the publishing house listed in The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)? The DOAB lists legitimate publishing houses who publish open books.
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Read up on the publisher in the DBHs publication channels to ensure that it counts in the financing system for scientific publications. The publishers in DBH are quality assured.
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Remember to read the contract carefully so that you do not give up any rights you wish to keep!
Publishing an Open Access book
Publishing Open Access books is less common than publishing Open Access articles. A lot of publishers have now established solutions for publishing Open Access books, and the number of publications is increasing.
To do before publishing:
- The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) lists legitimate publishers who publish open books. Universitetsforlaget ("The University Press") and Cappelen Akademisk in Norway, have solutions for Open Access publishing.
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Read up on the publisher in the DBHs publication channels to ensure that it counts in the financing system for scientific publications. The publishers in DBH are quality assured.
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Remember to read the contract carefully so that you do not give up any rights you wish to keep!
Discounted APC agreements
UiO has entered into agreements with individual publishers which offer discounts for Open Access publishing.
Licenses
When publishing open access, a sharing license is often used that regulates the conditions for using and sharing the published material. Creative Commons (CC) licenses are among the most widely used sharing licenses. Read more in our information on the different CC-licenses.
Avoid predatory publishers
In recent years we have seen several occurrances of predatory publishers scamming researchers, by demanding a publishing fee for articles which are published without being peer reviewed. We have put together a list of characteristics of predatory publishers, and suggestions on how to avoid being scammed.
Any questions?
Send an email to: openaccess@ub.uio.no