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There are various ways to publish your own manuscripts Open Access: You can either take advantage of existing contracts with publishers for discounts on publication fees, publish in a traditional subscription-based journal and self-archive your manuscript in a repository such as UZH's own ZORA, or publish your manuscript in a relevant Open Access journal or with an Open Access publisher.
The University Library Zurich has agreed to Open Access contracts with academic publishers, which offer a full or partial discount on the Open Access publication fees to the authors affiliated with the University of Zurich. Additionally, the University Library offers financial support for publications with gold Open Access journals or publishers.
You can also use the oa.finder to browse through existing publishing contracts at the UZH to find a journal that has hybrid Open Access publishing covered in the contract.
hybrid Open Access in the oa.finder (in German)
If you self-archive your manuscript, you usually make the accepted manuscript (final version without publisher's layout) publicly accessible on a repository. This also lets you fulfill the SNSF's open access requirements.
A good starting point for finding a suitable OA journal is the DOAJ. It is a global online directory of quality-checked OA journals, including more and more from from Switzerland.
Directory of Open Access Journals
Research tool for scientific publication organs, new with data of the University of Zurich. "The oa.finder will show you which journals are gold open access, what their citation impact is, whether they charge article processing charges (APCs), and if so how much, and whether your institution covers these charges via a transformative agreement or a publication fund."
B!SON
B!SON helps to find a suitable OA journal by using semantic and bibliometric methods.
Short tutorials on how to use oa.finder and B!son Search OA journal
An OA journal should meet the same qualitative requirements as conventional journals. A guide and food for thought for choosing the right journal:
These platforms help to choose a suitable journal according to the following criteria:
Citation freqency - oa2020-de.org
Cost-effectiveness - eigenfactor.org
The online directory DOAB lists OA book publications with scientifically recognised quality levels. Thus, DOAB is a helpful tool to find not only publications but also trustworthy book publishers.
OAPEN is an initiative for OA publishing of monographs in the social sciences and humanities. Various university presses have joined the initiative and offer their publications freely via the OAPEN library.
In recent years, the number of journals published by predatory publishers has skyrocketed. These are their strategies:
Check whether the journal or publisher is listed with the following initiatives:
You can get more tips on the platform: Think. Check. Submit.
Another helpful checklist is provided by the ULiège Library with the Compass to Publish
Our Open Access team will also be happy to advise you: oa@ub.uzh.ch
