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# Open Access

Information about Open Access to articles and other scholarly texts.

- [Open Access](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/open-access/home)
- [Funder Compliance](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/open-access/funder_compliance)
- [Open Access Support at JHU](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/open-access/support "Information specific to JHU")
  - [JHU Publishing Agreements Supporting OA](#s-lg-box-35337032)
  - [Do I have to pay to make my publication OA?](#s-lg-box-31620327)
  - [How to determine the OA model offered by a journal](#s-lg-box-31620477)
  - [JH Libraries Support Open Content](#s-lg-box-21811654)
- [Finding Open Access Articles](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/c.php?g=757333&p=6437192)
- [Repositories](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/open-access/repositories)
- [Five Action Items Researchers Can Take Today](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/open-access/Five_Actions_Today)
- [Predatory Journals and Conferences](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/open-access/predatory-journals)
- [Open Access Week 2025](https://guides.library.jhu.edu/open-access/OA_Week)

## Open Tools from the JH Libraries

The Hopkins Libraries include and maintain open resources in the tools we provide for your use.

- The use of the [Directory of Open Access Journals](http://doaj.org) and [Unpaywall](https://unpaywall.org/) in our [FindIt link resolver](https://findit.library.jhu.edu/)
- The inclusion of open resources in [Catalyst](https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/), our library catalog
- [Open Science Framework](https://osf.io/institutions/jhu/), a platform to share data and research
- [Open Journal Systems](http://jhepp.library.jhu.edu/ojs/index.php/index), [Open Conference Systems](http://jhepp.library.jhu.edu/ocs/), and [Omeka](https://exhibits.library.jhu.edu/)
- [JHU Data Archive](https://archive.data.jhu.edu/)

## JHU Publishing Agreements Supporting OA

A current list of Johns Hopkins University agreements supporting free or reduced fee open access can be found at the **[Welch Library Open Access Guide](https://browse.welch.jhmi.edu/writing_publishing/jhu_publishing_relationships).**

## Do I have to pay to make my publication OA?

Unless you are working with a grant that requires you to publish OA, you do NOT have to pay a publisher a fee.

**Free-to-me pathways**

- Choose a Diamond OA journal (see ***How to determine the OA model offered by a journal*** box below to figure out which journals are Diamond).
- Publish paywalled, assert your author rights, deposit a version in a [repository](https://jhu.libapps.com/libguides/admin_c.php?g=757333&p=5430414) (Green OA).
- Publish Gold or Hybrid OA if the library provides an APC waiver (see list of covered publishers below).
- [Penn State list of publishers that explicitly permit author article sharing without an embargo](http://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2Fguides.libraries.psu.edu%2Fopen-access%2Fgreen*s-lg-box-wrapper-40617769__%3BIw!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!ls4EhF9VlKv2G5ZbXIJ1bNTDfgbkC1BIU-YSWpTFx7vzPLTZDoF2QIZewIgwjEQsHISa871KGaAbOh1sVB1RON3_%24&data=05%7C02%7Cjhelouvry%40jhu.edu%7C361a54c13f2a4425778008ddb247bf17%7C9fa4f438b1e6473b803f86f8aedf0dec%7C0%7C0%7C638862743403405391%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=dlQ1m5aQOSX8ttjF3nFZB3r467f0%2FXFx2QsZTnrVido%3D&reserved=0)

**Author paid pathways**

- Publish Gold or Hybrid OA and pay the APC.\

## How to determine the OA model offered by a journal

Places to look:

- Journal website
  - If it says “fully open access,” it might be Gold or Diamond. If it also mentions Article Processing Charges (APCs), it’s Gold.
  - If they have a pitch to authors to “select” OA, it’s Hybrid.
  - If it says nothing about OA, it’s traditional, paywalled access.
- [JISC Open Policy Finder](https://openpolicyfinder.jisc.ac.uk)
- [Cabell’s](https://databases.library.jhu.edu/az/databases?q=JHU07088)

Find OA journals or confirm the model in DOAJ

- Go to <https://doaj.org/search/journals>
- To find Diamond OA journals (free to the author) check the “Without fees” filter\

## JH Libraries Support Open Content

The Johns Hopkins Libraries are committed to supporting open scholarship. Below are some of the open resources we financially support. If you'd like to suggest other open content, please contact your department librarian.

- [Annual Reviews Subscribe to Open](https://www.annualreviews.org/page/subscriptions/subscribe-to-open-faq)
- [arXiv](http://databases.library.jhu.edu/databases/proxy/JHU04389)
- [Berghahn Journals: Cambridge Journal of Anthropology, Museum Worlds, and Social Analysis](https://www.berghahnjournals.com/page/berghahn-open-anthro)
- [CEU Press Opening the Future](https://ceup.openingthefuture.net/packages/)
- [Demography](https://www.populationassociation.org/demography/home)
- [Directory of Open Access Journals](http://doaj.org)
- [ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Subscribe to Open](https://www.esaim-m2an.org/component/journal_price/)
- [HathiTrust](http://databases.library.jhu.edu/databases/proxy/JHU05900)
- [HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory](https://www.haujournal.org/index.php/hau/index)
- [Independent Voices](https://databases.library.jhu.edu/databases/proxy/JHU06887)
- [Knowledge Unlatched](http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/)
- [Lyrasis OACIP support for Cultural Anthropology](https://www.lyrasis.org/content/Pages/product-details.aspx?pid=EFD76620-C23D-ED11-80FD-00155D0A2732)
- [Molecular Biology of the Cell - Subscribe to Open](https://www.ascb.org/science-news/new-subscription-model-may-make-cell-biology-journal-open-access/)
- [Open Book Publishers](https://www.openbookpublishers.com/)
- [Open Library of Humanities](https://www.openlibhums.org/)
- [Public Domain Song Anthology](https://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/page/pdsongbook)
- [SCOAP3](https://scoap3.org/)
- [Sociological Science](https://www.sociologicalscience.com/)
- [TRAIL](http://www.technicalreports.org/trail/search/)

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