Scholarly Publishing

SPARC is an international alliance of academic and research libraries working to create a more open system of scholarly communication.

This guide standardizes Open Access terminology in simple yet comprehensive fashion. Core components of Open Access are defined on a continuum of more versus less open.

The Right to Research Coalition currently includes 77 student organizations which have signed the Student Statement on the Right to Research. Collectively, Right to Research members represent nearly 7 million students internationally.

Highlights the publishing activities of 124 college and university libraries, illustrating how these institutions are transforming and advancing scholarly communications.

The Coalition of Open Access Policy Institutions (COAPI) brings together representatives from North American universities with established faculty open access policies and those in the process of developing such policies for the purpose of information sharing and support.

Chronicle of Higher Education article by Michael Stratford. March 4, 2012.

BioMed Central publishes 233 peer-reviewed open access journals. The portfolio of journals spans all areas of biology and medicine.

PLoS is a San Francisco-based nonprofit publisher and advocacy organization with a mission of leading a transformation in scientific and medical research communication.

Hindawi is a rapidly growing academic publisher with more than 300 Open Access journals covering a wide range of academic disciplines.

Oxford Journals operates two different open access models: an optional OA model of over 100 journals, and a fully open access model which includes 8 journals.

View the list of OASPA Professional Publishing Organizations.

SAGE Open is a peer-reviewed, "Gold" open access journal from SAGE that publishes original research and review articles in an interactive, open access format. Articles may span the full spectrum of the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities.

All research articles published in Wiley Open Access journals are immediately freely available to read, download and share. The fully open access journals are published in collaboration with authoritative journals and societies as well as supported by internationally renowned editorial board members.

This guide looks at some of the most reputable open-access journal websites, as well as paid subscription databases that are still widely used by traditional college students.