Context

What is OA? How does OA work?

Links

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

The DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high-quality, peer-reviewed, Open Access journals.

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)

The DOAB is an online directory created by the OAPEN Foundation, which indexes and provides access to high-quality, peer-reviewed, Open Access books. OAPEN is responsible for indexing and The DOAB is an online directory created by the OAPEN Foundation, which indexes and provides access to high-quality, peer-reviewed, Open Access books. OAPEN is responsible for indexing and providing access to OA books.

Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)

Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR)

OpenDOAR is a registry of academic Open Access repositories. All information in the directory is manually checked. The result of this analysis is a list of quality-controlled repositories.

Directory of Open Access Repositories (OpenDOAR)

Sherpa/RoMEO colours

The colour code adopted by Sherpa RoMEO is a tool that has been developed in order to classify the different Open Access archiving models.

Sherpa-RoMEO colours

OpenAire

The aim of OpenAire is to support the implementation of Open Access in Europe. It provides the means to promote and carry out the widespread adoption of the Open Access Policy, as defined in the directives/initiatives of the European Commission.

OpenAire

Quality Open Access Market (QOAM)

OA journals can differ strongly in terms of quality and price. It is not always clear whether the journal in question is a quality journal offered by a reliable editor at a reasonable price. The QOAM platform offers an overview of OA journals (Gold OA and hybrid OA) that fulfil these criteria.

Quality Open Access Market (QOAM)

OAPEN-CH pilot project

In the OAPEN-CH pilot project, the SNSF and the participating publishing houses are becoming more experienced in publishing Open Access monographs and collecting data on the use, sales and production costs of printed and digital books.

OAPEN-CH

Unpaywall

This add-on – available for Chrome and Firefox – examines the front door or abstract page of a publication and verifies whether an Open Access version is freely available somewhere else (in a repository).

Unpaywall