LibGuides: Evaluating Journals Before You Publish: Additional Resources

Open Access Spectrum Evaluation Tool

Source: How Open Is It?
The Open Access Spectrum was developed by SPARC in collaboration with PLOS and OASPA. This tool displaysthe core components of open access across a spectrum indicating how closed or open a journal is based on its policies onreader rights, reuse rights, copyrights, author posting rights, automatic posting, and machine readability.

Open Access Myths (University of Illinois–Chicago)
Selecting an Open Access Journal for Publication: Be Cautious (L. Hoffecker, M. Hastings-Tolsma, D. Vincent, & H. Zuniga: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 2015)

Author’s Rights (University of Illinois–Chicago)
Consequences of Predatory Publishing — What happens if you submit to a predatory journal, and what to do if you fall victim to a predatory publisher (Tiffin University, Ohio)
A How-to Guide for Academic Writing and Publishing (toolkit compiled by J. Wada, SAGE Publishing, 2020)
Scholarly Communication Guides for Authors (University of California's Office of Scholarly Communication)
Understanding Open Access: When, Why, & How to Make Your Work Openly Accessible (L. Rubow, R. Shen, & B. Schofield: Authors Alliance, 2015)
Understanding Submission and Publication Fees (M. Panter, American Journal Experts)