There are three possible channels for publishing in open access
Publishing in open access academic journals (gold OA)
These are journals that place no barriers to accessing their content, and, furthermore, allow it to be reused, usually via a license, as long as the integrity of the published work is respected and the authorship recognised. In some cases, the payment by the autors of a quota called APC (Article Processing Charge) is required. When no payment is required because the editing and revision costs are assumed by publication sponsors or voluntary work of members of the scientific community, we talk about the diamond OA.
See the directories of open access journals:
- DOAJ
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals. Directory of open access scientific and academic journals aimed at increasing the visibility and use of scientific and academic journals. You can run simple and advanced searches and browse by subject.
- RACO (Revistes Catalanes amb Accés Obert)
In the digital repository of Catalan Journals in Open Access (RACO) users can subscribe to alerts for any of its included journals, and thereby receive email notifications regarding newly published issues. Once you have selected the journal you are interested in, click on “subscribe” and complete the form.
Publishing in hybrid journals
To do this, authors or their institutions pay a fee known as the Article Processing Charge (APC) so that their articles can be published in open access; the other articles in the journal can only be read by subscribers. The cost of publishing an article in a scientific journal averages between 1,000 and 4,000 euros.
- See the list of publishers at SHERPA/RoMEO:These are open access and/or hybrid journals. In other words, they contain both subscription and open access articles. The publishing fee varies depending on the editor and based on each publication.
Publishing what has already been published in a journal in the e-Repositori (green OA)
Most publishers will allow published articles, or one of the preliminary editions (pre-print or post-print), to be published in repositories. There are no additional costs to do this. The e-Repositori (institutional repository) is available to you for this option.
- e-Repositori
It is a repository of digital documents whose function is to collect, disseminate and preserve the intellectual production carried out at UPF. It includes magazines, theses, working papers, articles, presentations at conferences, seminars and congresses, teaching materials, reports on teaching, as well as other literature produced by the UPF academic staff, as well as institutional publications (reports, speeches, conferences, etc.)
See the open access policies of journals and publishers at:
