1. “The role of a Librarian in
supporting Open Access”
Pavlinka Kovatcheva: Faculty Librarian, Science
E-mail: pkovatcheva@uj.ac.za
Twitter @ujlibscience

2. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
OPEN ACCESS

3. Open Access is....
Open access (OA) is a mechanism by which research outputs are distributed online,
free of cost or other access barriers

4. Benefits of Open Access

6. Open Access – Plan S
Plan S, the funder-backed scheme to
require free online access to scientific
literature, aims to shake up the subscription
journals that have long dominated scholarly
publishing
Source
Plan S is an initiative for open-access
science publishing that was launched by
Science Europe on 4 September 2018.
It is an initiative of "cOAlition S", a
consortium launched by major national
research agencies and funders from twelve
European countries. The plan requires
scientists and researchers who benefit
from state-funded research organisations
and institutions to publish their work in
open repositories or in journals that are
available to all by 2021.
Wikipedia

7. Open Science:
Research Data Management (RDM)
A DMP describes the data
management life cycle for
the data to be collected,
processed and/or generated
by a Horizon 2020 project
Horizon Reports

8. UJ LIBRARY OPEN ACCESS
MOVEMENT

9. UJ Open Access Movement
Institutional
Repository
Open Journal
System
UJ Open
Access Policy
Article
Processing
Charges (APC)
OA Journals
for Publication
OA Support
for Research
Research Data
Management
Predatory
Publishers/
Journals
Open Access
LibGuide

10. UJ Institutional Repository
https://ujcontent.uj.ac.za/vital/access/manager/Index?site_name=Research%20Output
https://www.uj.ac.za/library

11. UJ Library Project:
Research Data Management
https://figshare.com/
UJ Library contact: Tyson Mabunda
e-mail: ttmabunda@uj.ac.za

12. UJ Library: Open Journal System
WHY OPEN JOURNAL SYSTEM?
At the University of Johannesburg we support open access publishing and the dissemination
of information through open access platforms. Part of our mission at UJ Library is to support
research in any way that we can.
There are several journals that are loosely ‘housed’ at the university and the editors of
these journals are all faculty staff. The Open Journal System (OJS) is a digital platform on
which these journals, and any other journal that faculty members may be involved in, can
be hosted.
http://journals.uj.ac.za/

13. UJ Open Access Policy Draft

14. Article Processing Charges (APC)
fee charged by publishers to publish a scholarly
publication on free to view/read platforms.
• 2019 Pilot Project with the Faculty of Science
• Open Access Policy:

15. UJ Library New LibGuide for Open Access
https://uj.ac.za.libguides.com/openaccess

16. ACCESS TO
RELIABLE OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS
FOR PUBLICATION
SOUTH AFRICAN & INTERNATIONAL TITLES

17. Publishers Databases
https://uj.ac.za.libguides.com/?b=p

18. https://0-www-scopus-com.ujlink.uj.ac.za/

19. https://0-webofknowledge-com.ujlink.uj.ac.za/

20. SA Open Access Journal Impact Factor

21. https://journals.co.za/content/collection/open-access

22. http://www.scielo.org.za/
Instructions to Authors
Article Processing Charge’s
Creative Commons
DHET Accreditation

23. https://sites.google.com/view/assaf-scholarly-pub-resources/home

24. https://sites.google.com/view/assaf-scholarly-pub-resources/open-access-publishers

25. https://sites.google.com/view/assaf-scholarly-pub-resources/predatory-journals

26. https://sites.google.com/view/assaf-scholarly-pub-resources/trends-in-journal-publishing

27. Open Science Directory
Global search tool for
Open Access Journals
and journals in
special programs for
developing countries

28. https://www.doaj.org
DOAJ: Directory of
Open Access
Journals
is a community-
curated online
directory that
indexes and provides
access to high
quality, open access,
peer-reviewed
journals
DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals

29. https://www.scienceopen.com/

30. https://www.plos.org/publications

31. Open Access Publisher –
Formerly considered Predatory
https://www.mdpi.com/

32. NEED HELP?
CONTACT YOUR LIBRARIAN 
https://uj.ac.za.libguides.com/science