Open Access Resources
The purpose of this resource page is to collect references related to Open Access issues which have come to our attention through various sources. Their inclusion does not indicate endorsement by Scientific Library staff. To suggest additional sources, please contact the Library.
NIH Public Access Policy - Manuscript Submission
- Open Access Publishers and Journal Lists
- Definitions and Overviews
- Policies and Proposals
- Initiative/Organizations
- Archives and Repositories
- Other Resources and Background
Open Access Publishers and Journal Lists
BioMed Central (BMC)
Publisher of peer-reviewed Open Access Biomedical research
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
A community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals
Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources (ROAD)
An international directory from the ISSN International Centre of open access journals, book series, scholarly blogs, conference proceedings, and academic repositories
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publisher of peer-reviewed, Open Access journals across many areas of science, technology, and medicine
Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)
Includes a list of open access publishing resources and a list of members of the association
Public Library of Science (PLOS)
Public access to the world's scientific and medical literature supported by a nonprofit organization
Definitions and Overviews
Open Access Overview
An introduction to Open Access
Open Access Oxford Glossary
A glossary of commonly used Open Access terms
Timeline of the Open Access Movement at the Open Access Directory
A list of landmark events in the history of Open Access on the Open Access Directory (OAD) wiki
What is Open Access?
An overview of Open Access by Cornell University Library
Policies and Proposals
The Alliance
Organizational alliances that support open public access to taxpayer-funded research
Bethesda Statement on Open Access Publishing
Principles and guidelines to promote the transition to Open Access publishing
E-BIOMED: A Proposal for Electronic Publications in the Biomedical Sciences
Electronic communication of Biomedical research
NIH Public Access Policy
Training, policy details, resources for submitting and reporting papers, FAQs, and resources for special users
Plan S
An initiative for Open Access publishing launched in September 2018 and supported by cOAlition S, an international consortium of research funders
Registry of OA Repository Mandates and Policies
Searchable international registry charting the growth of Open Access mandates and policies adopted by institutions
Initiatives/Organizations
CrossRef
Independent membership association, founded and directed by publishers with a mandate to connect users to primary research content, by enabling publishers to work collectively
The Open Archives Initiative
Develops and promotes interoperability standards that aim to facilitate the efficient dissemination of content
SPARC
Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition
SPARC - Europe
An alliance of European research libraries, library organizations, and research institutions
Archives and Repositories
OAIster
Search engine for Open Access literature maintained by OCLC
OpenDOAR
The Directory of Open Access Repositories; search for world-wide repositories or contents of repositories
PubMed Central
A digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine (NIH/NLM)
PubMed Central Europe
Europe PMC is a digital repository providing access to worldwide life sciences articles, books, patents and clinical guidelines
Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR)
Browse or search a list of Open Access repositories by country, software type, repository type, or subject
Scholarly Communication Toolkit: Repositories
An overview on digital repositories and a list of presentations and tools related to repositories from the Association of College and Research Libraries
Other Resources and Background
Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
A directory of over 31,000 open access peer-reviewed books
Open Access Directory
A wiki where the OA community can create and support simple factual lists about Open Access to science and scholarship
Date Last Updated: 11/16/2021