LibGuides: Open Access: Open Access Publishing

Open Access - Find Journals

Open access, peer-reviewed journals can be difficult to locate. Since open access journals can be of varying quality, listed below are some sites that evaluate and index open access journals. Resources are also listed to assist in assessing open access journals.

Find Open Access Journals

DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
The DOAJ indexes and provides access to open access, peer-reviewed journals.

OAIster
Union catalog of digital resources. This link goes to the FirstSearch advanced search interface. There is also free public access through http://oaister.worldcat.org/

Resources for Evaluation of Open Access Publishers

Think, Check, Submit
Guidelines and checklists developed by several publishers and open access organizations to evaluate open access journals.

Open Access - Humanities Journals

Open Humanities Press
Open Humanities Press is an international, scholar-led open access publishing collective which publishes both journals and books.

Open Access - Science Resources

arXiv
Open access to over 750,000 e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics

BioMed Central
BioMed publishes 205 open access peer-reviewed journals.
Chemistry Central
Chemistry Central publishes high-quality peer-reviewed open access research in chemistry.
Public Library of Science
"PLOS (Public Library of Science) is a nonprofit publisher and advocacy organization founded to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication."