Academic Publishing Resources

Are you considering publishing in an open access (OA) journal? If so, your high-quality content could be made open-access (freely available to the world), which has consistently resulted in higher future citations and broader social impact of your work) at no cost to you! There are a few things you should know first:

Subscription? Green Open Access? Gold Open Access? Hybrid Open Access? What's it all mean?!

Click on the images below for a full-sized graphic illustration of the various publishing modes. 

Hybrid OA is not quite any of these. Hybrid OA means a traditional, subscription-based journal publisher lets the author choose to pay a higher Article Processing Charge in order to make their individual article OA (freely-available to all readers) right away. Note that the APCs for this model average much higher than for green or gold OA models.

What is MINDS@UW?

"MINDS@UW, an open access institutional repository, is designed to gather, distribute, and preserve digital materials related to the University of Wisconsin’s research mission. Content may include research papers and reports, pre-prints and post-prints, datasets and other primary research materials, theses, student capstone projects, conference papers and presentations, and other born-digital or digitized research and instructional materials.

Current faculty, staff, students of the UW System, along with their research collaborators, are eligible to deposit in MINDS@UW.

It is not intended to support the public accessibility and preservation of official institutional or campus records that would not normally be published in the course of university business."

Works submitted to MINDS@UW are subsequently found in Google Scholar searches, therefore increasing accessibility.

• Minds@UW Home

• Search Minds@UW Repository

  Note that works published in Minds@UW are also accessible through Research@UWW

• Sample of Minds@UW Publications

  Works published in Minds@UW are readily accessible through Research@UWW. Follow this link to view a sample of works.

5 Easy Steps to Free OA Publishing with ACS:

1. Submit your article to the ACS journal of your choice, making sure you are the submitting corresponding author.
2. Ensure your institution affiliation is correct on your profile in the ACS Paragon Plus submission system.
3. When your manuscript has been accepted for publication, you will be automatically prompted with the option to publish open access under the ACS Sponsored Read & Publish agreement.
4. Confirm that "Yes, I wish to publish open access as per the agreement" and complete the Journal Publishing Agreement.
5. Your article will be made immediately available as open access upon publication under a Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.  There are no charges to pay and no further action required by either your or your institution.

Wiley

Wiley 2023-2025 This three-year agreement, effective as of January 1, 2023, grants access to publish and read in Wiley’s full journal portfolio, including the journals previously branded Hindawi’s gold open access portfolio. Under this new agreement, lead authors at UWW will be able to publish their articles as open access, ensuring that their research will be immediately open and available to the public and that they will retain rights to their own work. Article publications are free of charge, eliminating the need for authors to pay publication fees, and there is no limit on the number of articles eligible for this agreement.

Articles eligible for OA funding will be governed by the following agreement specifications:

• Responsible corresponding authors must be affiliated with your institution or a participating institution within your agreement. This ensures that the funding is used appropriately and benefits the institutions involved. 
• Restricted to article types that are primary research and review articles, including but not limited to original articles, case studies, reviews, and short communications. This focus on high-quality research ensures that the funding supports impactful and valuable scientific contributions.

The Wiley Author Services website provides information on author eligibility plus guides outlining how researchers can submit their hybrid APC funding requests:

• Author workflow guide for OA APC funding request submission for hybrid journals. This guide helps authors navigate the submission process smoothly, saving time and reducing errors.

Contact Nancy Bennett, our Electronic Resources & Acquisitions Librarian, for more information.

Andersen Library has joined a new three-year Read and Publish agreement running 2024-2026 between BTAA and Cambridge University Press (CUP). As a result, there will be no charge for corresponding authors who publish open access in CUP’s gold (40 titles) and hybrid journals (330 titles). 

Please see the How to publish Open Access under this agreement presentation on the OA Publishing agreement with the Big Ten Academic Alliance webpage for instructions.  

To be eligible, articles must:

• Have a corresponding author affiliated with UW-Whitewater.
• Be original research – eligible article types are research articles, review articles, rapid communications, brief reports and case reports.
• Be accepted for publication in a Cambridge University Press journal covered by the agreement.
• Be accepted for publication from 1 January 2024.

Contact Nancy Bennett, our Electronic Resources & Acquisitions Librarian, for more information.

SCOAP3 (Assorted High Energy Physics) Journals

No cost to authors to publish.  Fees are covered by a partnership of over 3,000 libraries, key funding agencies, and research centers in 44 countries and 3 intergovernmental organization supporting open Access publishing in key journals in the field of High-Energy Physics.

Inclusion of a journal in the Directory of Open Access Journals does not guarantee quality. It is merely a first step in evaluation. See additional OA publishing opportunities in the tabs, above.

• Directory of Open Access Journals

  DOAJ contains over 15 000 peer-reviewed open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities.

• The DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) was launched in 2003 with 300 open access journals. Today, this independent database contains over 15 000 peer-reviewed open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, arts and humanities. Open access journals from all countries and in all languages are welcome to apply for inclusion.