This document summarizes different types of open access publishing models and provides information about publishing open access journals at the University of Western Sydney (UWS). It discusses gold, green, and hybrid open access models. It also provides details on funds available at UWS to cover article processing fees for open access publication, how to search for open access journals, and UWS's own open access journals.

1. Publishing in Open Access
Journals Library webinar
Oct 2014
Susan Robbins – Research Services Coordinator (Library)
Kaysha Russell – Humanities & Communication Arts Librarian
AP Hart Cohen – Global Media Journal Editor

2. GOLD: When a paper is published in an open access journal or made freely available on the internet
immediately upon publication. Some open access journals change article processing fees to cover
publication expenses.
GREEN: When publishers allow authors to archive a specified version of their paper in an open
repository following a post publication embargo period.
HYBRID: When subscription journals charge a fee for an individual article in the journal to be made
open access.

3. http://doaj.org/

5. http://www.biomedcentral.com/
To Access UWS BMC Funds:
First or submitting author must be a permanent UWS staff member
OR
A UWS PhD student whose principle supervisor is a permanent UWS staff
member

6. Article Processing Fee Payment
ARC/NHMRC allow grant recipients to use grant
funds for OA payments (from 2012, check rules for
your grant year)
Schools/Institutes have discretionary funds for
research- may be possible to access for OA
PhD students may use candidature funds

7. Journal Finder
Library>Researchers>Publishing>Journal Publishing>Journal Finder

8. Search by FOR, sort by OA

9. UWS Open Access Journals
Please email Journal titles missing from this list to lib-research@uws.edu.au
• Global Media Journal
• Translation & Interpreting
• Elder Law Review

12. Acknowledgement – Darug
Peoples

13. GMJ GLOBAL EDITIONS

14. SCOPE of the Journal

15. GMJ GLOBAL EDITIONS

16. Submission Guidelines

17. EDITORIAL

18. FUTURE PAPERS

19. BOOKS FOR REVIEW

20. BOOKS FOR REVIEW VOL 8
#1

21. BOOKS FOR REVIEW – ALL
ISSUES

22. Australia Media Monitor:
Dr Tim Dwyer

23. JOURNAL EDITORS

24. ADVSORY BOARD

25. Further Information on Open Access