Publish Open Access articles

Gold Open Access

You can publish your article directly in an Open Access journal or in a 'hybrid' journal with the gold Open Access route. 

Gold Open Access is a publishing model where the final version of an article is made freely available to the public immediately upon publication. This model typically involves the payment of an Article Processing Charge (APC) by the author, their institution (through transformative agreements), or a funding body.

The key features of Gold Open Access include:

• Immediate accessibility: Articles are accessible to anyone with an internet connection, without any subscription or paywall barriers.
• Copyright and licensing: Authors usually retain copyright and grant the publisher a license to distribute the work. Articles are often published under Creative Commons licenses, allowing for various levels of reuse and distribution.
• Visibility and impact: Open Access articles tend to have higher visibility and citation rates, as they are freely available to a global audience.
• Publisher's role: The publisher manages the peer review process, production, and dissemination of the article, ensuring high standards of quality and integrity.

By choosing the Gold Open Access route, you can maximize the reach and impact of your research, contributing to the broader dissemination of knowledge.

Benefits for EUI members

The EUI Library supports the members of the EUI academic community in their efforts to publish Open Access through 'transformative agreements' with publishers, waiving the publishing fee for EUI authors.

The Library also has a special fund for fair Open Science initiatives aiming at supporting no-profit forms of OA.

Library recommendations to authors

These recommendations - in line with the EUI OA Policy - aim at guiding EUI authors how to best publish their work in Open Access: 

• Publish ‘Green Open Access’ where possible: archive/upload in Cadmus or subject repository.
• Use the Library’s Transformative Agreements’ APC waiver where available: the Library has agreements with CUP, Elsevier, Springer and Wiley.
• Consider using any other minor Library agreement with smaller publishers (eg. Cogitatio), as they also represent diversity (for example language and / or country of origin).
• EUI authors with external funding may consider to include APCs in the project budget, in some cases they must do so for example with European grants.
• Funding for the APCs at the EUI should be applied for / used where there is no Transformative Agreement that can cover the APC (currently not available)

Find a journal

You know your journal of interest but not which is the publisher? Search the journal title in Open Policy Finder and know the publisher immediately, or browse the journal lists by publisher! Open Policy Finder (former Sherpa Romeo) also informs you what your rights are to Green Open Access, i.e. making your Research output available in Open Access in a repository.

DOAJ is a unique and extensive index of diverse Open Access journals from around the world, driven by a growing community. It is committed to ensuring quality content is openly available online for everyone.

It is a global directory of more than 21,000 open access journals. Refine your search by subject, peer review type, article processing fees, or available Creative Commons licenses.

Ulrichsweb is a directory of journal information spanning over 300,000 publications and 900 subject areas. Find publisher details, ISSN, subject coverage, and peer-reviewed status ("Refereed") with a quick title search.

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