Predatory and Cloned Journals: Open Access Publishing

Ben-Gurion University Libraries have agreements with various publishers for open access publishing at a reduced cost or at no additional cost to the researcher:

 AIP publishing (American Institute of Physics) 

You can publish in hybrid open access journals, free of charge. List of journals for publication:

Cambridge University Press 

As part of the Read&Publish agreement, an unlimited amount of publications can be published.
Details can be found on the publisher's websites List of OA Journals Titles & Publish Paper Process.
When submitting an article, a researcher associated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev will receive a notification from the publisher that he may publish in OA and given his consent, the article will be immediately transferred to open access publication. The number of articles at no cost to the author is limited.

The Company of Biologists

When submitting an article, a researcher associated with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev will receive a notification from the publisher that he is allowed to publish in OA and given his consent, the article will be immediately transferred to open access publication. Hybrid and GOLD journals.

De Gruyter

You can publish in hybrid open access journals, free of charge.

Emerald

A 10 percent discount on APC costs for publishing in open access journals.

Karger

Starting in January 2021, university researchers can publish in open access without restriction and at no extra charge, both in the hybrid titles and in the GOLD titles. Go to the publisher's website for more details and a guide to submitting an article.

Portland Press

You can publish in hybrid and GOLD open access journals, free of charge.

SAGE

As part of an agreement with the publisher SAGE, approximately 900 journals can be published in the OA route at a cost of only 200 pounds. The list of titles can be found in the attached agreement as well as on the website of the publisher Sage Choice. When submitting the article, a researcher associated with Ben Gurion University will receive a notification from the publisher that he is allowed to publish in OA, and given his consent, the article will be immediately transferred to open access publication. For publication in the GOLD OA track, a 20 percent discount will be given.

Taylor & Francis

As part of an agreement with the publisher Taylor & Francis, BGU researchers can publish articles in OA in hybrid titles of the publisher free of charge. Titles in the GOLD track (Fully Open Access) are not included in the agreement.

For details about the arrangement with the publisher:

Open Access Agreement for Authors in Israel (tandfonline.com)

The list of journals included in the agreement.

Wiley

It is possible to publish in journals in a hybrid track with open access, free of charge. According to the agreement, the number of articles that will be published at no cost to the authors is limited. List of open access hybrid journals.

Open access books from international databases -

• Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) - A collection of peer-reviewed books from hundreds of universities.
•  Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN) - Academic books mainly in the fields of humanities and social sciences.
• Project Gutenberg - Tens of thousands of e-books, most of them early original texts whose copyrights have expired.
• Libretexts - Hundreds of free access textbooks that are accessible to everyone.
• Open Textbooks Library - The library contains hundreds of open textbooks that have been funded, published and licensed for free use and distribution.
• JSTOR E-Books - Thousands of books from the leading publishers including Brill, De Gruyter, Cornell University and the University of California.