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Open access publishing
Open access is a publishing model that aims to reduce barriers to access to research. Learn about your options and opportunities as an author.
Introduction to open access
Factors to consider
Support for publishing open access
Self-archiving with VIURRSpace
Additional resources
Resources
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Resources
A very brief introduction to open access
(Suber, 2018)
What faculty can do to promote open access
(SPARC, 2018)
What universities and administrators can do to promote open access
(SPARC, 2018)
VIURRSpace
(RRU institutional repository for self-archiving–green OA)
RRU Library Academic Publishing guide
(OA resources and author fund)
SHERPA/RoMEO
(publisher copyright & self-archiving policies)
ThinkCheckSubmit
(checklist and resources for assessing publishers)
COPE Principles of Transparency
(criteria for assessing publishers)
GVSU OA Journal Quality Indicators
(criteria for assessing publishers)
Directory
of Open Access Journals
(index of quality, peer-reviewed OA journals)
Directory of Open Access Books
(index of quality, peer-reviewed OA book publishers)
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