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No we do not. However, there are several publisher discounts available via Â鶹AV Libraries subscriptions. Additionally, Â鶹AV faculty may use the professional development fund to cover these costs. If you received a grant, typically APCs are an eligible grant expense.

An accepted manuscript is the final version of the paper after peer review minus any publisher enhancements (e.g. design, layout etc.). Also sometimes referred to as the post-print or the author's accepted manuscript (AAM).ÌýSee . ÌýPost-prints are most commonly the version for which the author retains the greatest rights.

Grant recipients are required to make a copy of their peer-reviewed article open access within 12 months of publication. Recipients can do this through either publishing in an open access journal and/or depositing their work in an open access repository. The policy is applicable to any grants awarded after May 1, 2015. More information can be found here.

Some indicators of lower quality journals are:

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Lying about impact factors, indexing databases (e.g. the journal states it is indexed in a paritcular database but is not)

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Using publisher names or journal titles that can easily be confused with a legitimate body or press

·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Little use of quality control practices (e.g. articles are accepted quickly with little or no peer review or editorial revision)

ÌýIf you’re unsure about a journal don’t hesitate to contact your liaison librarianÌýand see our finding legitimate OA publishers page.

You can either publish your work in an and/or deposit a copy of work into a repository like . For more details see our ‘How to make your research open access’. ÌýYou may need to as an author to be permitted to make your work available as open access in a repository.Ìý

An institutional repository is an online database showcasing and preserving the publications and theses of students and facultyÌýat a particular institution. ÌýThe benefits of institutional repositories are two-fold: they preserve one's work long-term and they make one's work openly accessible. Â鶹AV's institutional repository is eScholarship.Ìý

A subject repository (sometimes also referreed to as a disciplinary repository) is an online database showcasing the work of researchers in a particular discipline. Subject repositories are open to researchers from any institution. Like institutional repositories, they offer a chance for researchers to make their work openly available to the wider public.Ìý

The Open Access Directory also maintains aÌý. Ìý

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