What is it?
The OA Journals Toolkit provides guidance for new and established open access journals to navigate the rapidly changing scholarly publishing landscape.
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Main purpose: provides guidance and tools to set up, run, and grow an Open Access journal.
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Who is it for? The Toolkit has been designed to support a range of users–including publishers, editors, journal managers, authors, technical providers, reviewers, researchers, and librarians–with the tools needed to support a range of regional initiatives and publishing efforts.
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Skill level: all!
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Access (URL): https://www.oajournals-toolkit.org/
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Key features: The Toolkit covers topics across the journal development lifecycle and everyday operation, such as journal creation, costs, staffing, policy development, through to indexing and key technical aspects.
What can I do with it?
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Find out about the different routes of open access journal publishing
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Learn how to set up, manage and grow an open access journal
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Discover useful resources and tools from around the globe
Good to know
- The Toolkit is currently available in five languages: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese and Spanish. If you feel something is missing from the Toolkit, or spot an error, you can suggest/flag it! https://www.oajournals-toolkit.org/contact-us/
Try it if you…
are wanting to learn more about open access journal publishing on either a basic or detailed level!