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Journal Selection
Explore independent publishing and understand its benefits and pitfalls so that you may take an informed decision that you don't regret later.
- Sneha Khedkar
- December 4, 2023
As an early career researcher, you may be wondering about the costs of publishing your work in academic journals and how to fund them. What is APC? Why do journals…
- David Burbridge
- November 9, 2023
Preprints are preliminary versions of scientific manuscripts that are published on the World Wide Web, freely accessible by all, without peer review. This post explains…
- Savitha Sekhar
- November 6, 2023
Publishers play a central and crucial role in this transformation to an open access world. So, to gain insights into some of the challenges faced and progress made with…
- Mriganka Awati
- October 27, 2023
Dr. Sridhar Gutam, senior scientist at ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, India, and founder of “Open Access India” shares insights into the open access…
- Mriganka Awati
- October 25, 2023
While OA initiatives have brought down barriers to information access, the extent to which they have genuinely achieved universal accessibility is debated. This…
- Sunaina Singh
- October 24, 2023
An open approach to communicating scientific results can benefit the process of research by making it faster, more efficient, and collaborative. Other than significantly…
- Sneha Khedkar
- October 23, 2023
While we all wait for Open Access Week 2023 begin, we have some Open Access related resources from the archives to get you prepared!
- Radhika Vaishnav
- October 20, 2023
If you are a researcher, you probably collect, analyze, and use all sorts of data to support your findings. But what happens to your data after you publish your paper?…
- David Burbridge
- October 10, 2023
Navigating the complex scenario of open access publishing can be challenging for early career researchers, especially those in the humanities and social science…
- Jennifer Ulz
- October 3, 2023