Open Access (OA): Open Access Journals

Librarians  

Please contact an expert librarian from the library staff list

For general inquiries: 

Tel: 08-6461111/2

Email: yaatz@bgu.ac.il

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Open Access (OA) publishing provide free and open access to academic research products (journals, books, reports, theses, etc.)

OA Models

Gold 

Publishing on gold model involves funding, financed by the researcher or academic institution. Payment allows readers free access to the article. The journals titles are listed on the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

Green 

Deposit of research material in an institutional archive (Institutional Repository). In this model the article is open to everyone free of charge. The deposit of the academic material takes place during the embargo period or the upload of the pre-print version before publication.

Hybrid 

Published on the hybrid model incorporates the option of choosing between subscribing to the journal or alternatively paying a fee from research funds to the individual article if there is no subscription for the journal.

Advantages of Open Access Publishing

• Science belongs to everyone.
• Exposure to the public & industry that do not subscribe to the journal
• Ability to make an impact policy
• Increase the citations number 

Disadvantages of Open Access Publishing

• Funding needed
• Copyright Issues should take care
• Qaulity control needed

•Predatory Journals    

How to Identify Predatory Journals​

It is important to look carefully at:

• Full details of the journal's address & website
• Full details of the publisher & editors
• What are the research records of the editors
• Use the official DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), which contains the list of authorized publishers & journals that adopt the Open Access Advertising Model

For publishers policy you can look at SHARPA/ROMEO web site 

Ben Gurion University Supporting OA Publishing

 Library journal ranking form

Laison Librarians –

Natural and Engineering sciences – Dorit van Moppes | dvm@bgu.ac.il  | Tel. no. 08-6477532

Social and Management sciences – Hanit Shemesh Boterashvili | shemeshb@bgu.ac.il | Tel. no. 08-6461405

Humanities – Valerie Khaskin-Flandler | khaskin@bgu.ac.il | Tel. no. 08-6479224 (On leave) please contact Hanit Shemesh Boterashvili | shemeshb@bgu.ac.il 

Health Sciences - Nourit Inbar | medlib4u@bgu.ac.il | Tel: 08-6479892