Publication strategy

Publication formats, funding opportunities, requirements of funding organisations, etc. must be included in the publication strategy. Our publication strategy checklist shows which points you need to pay attention to in a research project.

 

Publication strategy

For research projects, it is important to draw up a strategy for publications as early as possible - possibly even before the project is submitted.

The correct and widest possible and targeted dissemination must be planned: For example, should research results be published as quickly as possible or is it primarily about prestige? Last but not least, careful consideration must be given to which rights may be transferred to whom and which licences should or must be selected for the publications.

The financing options for the publications - if financing is needed - must be clear as early as possible. And, of course, the requirements of the funding organisations must be clarified and incorporated into the strategy.

Finding OA-journals

B!SON

On the following page you can enter the title, abstract and/or references of your article in the search fields to find a suitable Gold Open Access journal for your publication.

Other tools to help find suitable OA Journals

You can find Open-Access-Journals that are most suited for your publication with the following tools and databases: 

Secondary publication

Open Access Green

You can secundary publish your publications on a trusted repository such as BORIS Portal. In this case, we refer to this as Open Access Green.

Rights

In order to secondary publish your publication, you must retain the appropriate rights of use. For example, you can only transfer simple, non-exclusive rights of use to the publisher. Or you can insist on a corresponding clause for secondary publication in the contract.

Version

It is important that you republish the reviewed and revised version of your publication.

Some publishers make the publisher's version available for this purpose. However, most publishers tend to allow the secondary publication of the “accepted manuscript,” i.e., the reviewed and revised version that has not been laid out by the publisher.

Research funding institutions

Funding institutions accept OA Green if certain criteria are met.

Where not to publish

Untrustworthy journals  are known as “predatory journals”. They provide an unsatisfactory service – or none at all – in return for publication fees. Such journals are usually easy to identify: their websites are full of spelling mistakes, they promise an unrealistic turn-around from submission to publication (including peer-review) and/or they aggressively try to attract submissions. However, some predatory journals are better at hiding their shady nature. For instance, their web presence may be flawless or they may give the name of a renowned scientist as the editor, even though the latter knows nothing about it.

Predatory journals checklist

Consult this checklist to help you evaluate (OA) journals.

Further information