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Academic Publishing 101

This guide will guide you through the process of publishing an article in an academic journal.

Free OA Publishing through the Library

As an additional benefit to our faculty, students, and staff, the A.T. Still Memorial Library has entered into several agreements that enable ATSU-affiliated researchers to publish open access at no charge with the following publishers:

Publisher

Articles Covered

How to Publish Your Work Open Access

Cambridge

Only hybrid journals (ie. No purely open-access journals)

List of eligible journals (select A.T. Still University to see journal list)

Use your ATSU email and list ATSU as your institutional affiliation when submitting work to eligible Cambridge journals. You will automatically qualify for free OA publishing.

Cambridge OA Agreement Information

Springer

Only hybrid journals (ie. No purely open-access journals)

List of eligible journals

Use your ATSU email and list ATSU as your institutional affiliation when submitting work to eligible Springer journals. You will automatically qualify for free OA publishing.

Springer OA Author Guide and FAQs

Wiley

All open-access articles covered

Eligible Wiley hybrid journals

Eligible OA journals

Use your ATSU email and list ATSU as your institutional affiliation when submitting work to eligible Wiley journals. You will automatically qualify for free OA publishing.

Wiley OA Publishing Guide

BMJ Case Reports* Any case report published in BMJ Case Reports Contact a librarian for the discount code needed to qualify for free publishing submission.

*not open access, but free to publish in.

To learn more about how to take advantage of these programs or for help identifying journals that fit your research, reach out to your liaison librarian.

Directory of Open Access Journals

The Directory of Open Access Journals is an online database of vetted, high-quality OA journals. Using this database, you can search for journals by topic, and limit your search results to journals that do not charge fees for publishing. To find OA journals that don't charge fees, follow the steps below.

  • Go to the Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Search for your research topic/area
  • On the left-hand side of the page, check the box that says "Without fees"