This article explores and clarifies article publication charges (APCs) in OA publishing and offers ideas on how to make APCs even more financially and structurally equitable to researchers worldwide – all in the form of frequently asked questions (FAQs).

This article explains the differences between the two most popular open access (OA) publishing models - gold OA and green OA - in order to help research authors decide between them when submitting their article for publication.

Open access (OA) journals exist in three primary forms: hybrid, transformative and pure OA. Each form represents a proposed solution for OA publishing for a constituent audience and owner group. While touching briefly on the pure OA journal, this article focuses on the hybrid and transformative journals.

One of the great hopes and promises of academic open access (OA) publishing is that it will connect academia with industry and governmental policy makers. Such connections form structural equity, which in turn promotes diversity and inclusion. OA plays a significant role in ensuring equality among researchers from developing and developed countries. Many bridges do exist, as explored in this article.

Whatever your reasons to publish your research, as an academic scholar you want to amplify your research impact, reach and citations. This article explains ways to leverage open access (OA) journals and outlets to do just that.

This is a recording of our Ask the Experts webinar for Open Access Week 2021.

In this webinar, our panel discusses how to deal with a predatory publisher and shares tips for how you can avoid submitting to a predatory journal.

Do you know that as an author, you can benefit from the OA model in numerous ways? A publication is considered open access (OA) when anyone can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search for specific elements of content within it and use it in other ways within the scope of a legal agreement.

Within the new world of OA, there are different models, including 'Green', 'Gold', ‘Bronze’, and ‘Platinum/Diamond’. Perhaps the least-known among these are the last two models, which we will discuss in this article.

Academic publishing is an essential aspect of scientific research enabling scholars to share their findings with the wider community. However, publishing operations entail significant costs including journal development, peer review administration, and article production. To cover these expenses, publishers often impose article processing charges (APCs) on authors. In this article, we will briefly discuss APCs, when authors need to pay them, how to pay them, and what options are available for authors who are unable to pay them.

The scholarly publishing landscape has witnessed a profound shift towards open access (OA) publishing in recent years. 

Watch this webinar celebrating Open Access Week 2023, where our expert panel discusses the Navigating the Multifaceted Impact of Open Scholarship