View source for Guides for OA journal publishers

[[File:oad2.jpeg|60px]] This list is part of the [http://oad.simmons.edu Open Access Directory].

* This is a list of guidelines, primers, recommendations, and best practices for publishers of OA journals.  When possible, give authors, titles, links, publishers (or sponsoring organizations), and dates. 

* Note the dates. Some of these guides are new and some are fairly old.

* Alphabetical by author.

* Related lists on OAD:  (1) [[Free and open-source journal management software]], (2) [[OA journal business models]], (3) [[OA journal launch services]].

* For real-time updates, some not yet reflected here, follow the [http://tagteam.harvard.edu/hubs/oatp/tag/oa.guides.journals oa.guides.journals] tag of the [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/hoap/Open_Access_Tracking_Project Open Access Tracking Project].

[[Category:Lists about journals]][[Category:Lists about publishers]][[Category:Lists about business models and funding]] 

* Wikidata identifier for this page: [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56229190 Q56229190].

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* Alicia Aparicio, Guillermo Banzato and Gustavo Liberatore, [http://www.memoria.fahce.unlp.edu.ar/libros/pm.482/pm.482.pdf Manual de gestión editorial de revistas científicas de ciencias sociales y humanas: Buenas prácticas y criterios de calidad], 2016.

* [http://aoasg.org.au/ Australian Open Access Support Group] (AOASG):
** [http://aoasg.org.au/oa-publishing-case-studies/ OA publishing case studies]
** [http://aoasg.org.au/starting-an-oa-journal/ Starting an OA journal]

* Suzanne Pilaar Birch, [http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/09/18/how-to-start-an-open-access-journal/ Essential Guide: How to start an Open Access journal in five steps], LSE Impact Blog, September 2014. 

* Guido Blechl, Andreas Ferus, Juan Gorraiz, Ingrid Haas, Doris Haslinger, Birgit Holzner, Robert Schiller, Nora Schmidt, Herwig Stöger, [https://www.oana.at/checklist-oa-journals/ Checklist for the Publication of Open Access Journals at Research Institutions], Open Access Network Austria (OANA), 2016.

* Centre for Digital Cultures, Hybrid Publishing Lab, and Leuphana University of Lüneburg, [http://projects.digital-cultures.net/hybrid-publishing-lab/files/2014/07/HOAJ-POSTER-final-web.pdf How to Start an Open Access Journal], 2014.

* Raym Crow, [http://www.arl.org/sparc/bm~doc/Sponsorship_Guide.pdf Sponsorships for Nonprofit Scholarly &amp; Scientific Journals: A Guide to Defining &amp; Negotiating Successful Sponsorships], SPARC, Release 1.0, July 2005.

* Raym Crow and Howard Goldstein, [http://www.soros.org/openaccess/oajguides/business_planning.pdf Guide to Business Planning for Launching a New Open Access Journal], Open Society Institute, Version 2, July 2003.

* Raym Crow and Howard Goldstein, [http://www.soros.org/openaccess/oajguides/oaj_supplement_0703.pdf Model Business Plan: A Supplemental Guide for Open Access Journal Developers &amp; Publishers], Open Society Institute, Edition 1, July 2003.

* Raym Crow and Howard Goldstein, [http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/pdf/business_converting.pdf Guide to Business Planning for Converting a Subscription-based Journal to Open Access], Open Society Institute, Version 3, February, 2004.

* Mark Cyzyk and Sayeed Choudhury, [https://wiki.library.jhu.edu/display/epubs/Home?showChildren=false A Survey and Evaluation of Open-Source Electronic Publishing Systems], Johns Hopkins University and the Open Society Institute, April 2008.

* Martin Paul Eve, Starting an Open Access Journal: a step-by-step guide ([https://www.martineve.com/2012/07/10/starting-an-open-access-journal-a-step-by-step-guide-part-1/ part 1], [https://www.martineve.com/2012/07/11/starting-an-open-access-journal-a-step-by-step-guide-part-2/ part 2]), July 2012.

* Rick Johnson, [http://www.arl.org/sparc/di/ Declaring Independence: A Guide to Creating Community-Controlled Science Journals], SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition) and TRLN (the Triangle Research Libraries Network), 2001.  Only an abridgment is still online.

* Public Library of Science, [http://web.archive.org/web/20050401093225/http://www.plos.org/downloads/oa_whitepaper.pdf Publishing Open-Access Journals: A Brief Overview from The Public Library of Science], February 2004.

* María A. Rojas V. and Sandra Rivera M., [https://openlibra.com/es/book/download/guia-de-buenas-practicas-para-revistas-academicas-de-acceso-abierto Guía de Buenas Prácticas para Revistas Académicas de Acceso Abierto], 2011.

* Scholastica
**[https://scholasticahq.com/open-access-journal-starter-kit The Open Access Journal Starter Kit], [https://archive.org/details/oa-journal-starter-kit eBook], 2014.
**[https://scholasticahq.com/definitive-guide-to-journal-publishing The Journal Editor's Definitive Guide to Digital Publishing (2nd Edition)].

* [http://sparc.arl.org/ Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition] (SPARC):
** [http://www.arl.org/sparc/publications/papers/journal_indexing.shtml Getting your journal indexed].  Continuously updated.
** [http://www.arl.org/sparc/partnering/planning/index.shtml Open-access Journal Publishing Resource Index].  [http://www.arl.org/sparc/media/11-0526.shtml Launched] May 26, 2011.  Continuously updated.
** [http://sparcopen.org/our-work/transitioning-your-journal/ Transitioning Your Journal from Subscription to Open Access], undated.
** Sheridan Brown, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160405091827/http://sparceurope.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/BusinessPLAN_OAJournals_0116.pdf Publishing an Open Access Journal], January 2016 (archived April 2016).

* Lorna Shapiro, [http://pkp.sfu.ca/files/OJS_Project_Report_Shapiro.pdf Establishing and Publishing an Online Peer-reviewed Journal: Action Plan, Resourcing, and Costs], Public Knowledge Project, 2005.

* David J. Solomon, [http://www.developing-oa-journals.org/index.php Developing Open Access Journals: A Practical Guide], Chandos Publishing, February 2008. This is a priced, printed book.  An abridged [http://www.developing-oa-journals.org/Guide_to_developing_oa_journals.pdf OA edition] is available. Also see the companion [http://www.developing-oa-journals.org/resources.php set of annotated links] to resources for open access projects. The author [mailto:dsolomon@msu.edu welcomes suggestions] and will try to update this regularly. 

* David J. Solomon and Caroline Sutton, [http://www.openaccesspublishing.org/index.php Workshops on Creating Open Access Journals], 2008-2009.

* SQW Ltd., [http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/stellent/groups/corporatesite/@policy_communications/documents/web_document/wtd003184.pdf Costs and business models in scientific research publishing], Wellcome Trust, April 2004.

* Kevin Stranack, [http://pkp.sfu.ca/files/GettingFoundStayingFound.pdf Getting Found, Staying Found, Increasing Impact: Enhancing Readership and Preserving Content for OJS Journals], Public Knowledge Project, 2006.

* Kevin Stranack, [http://pkp.sfu.ca/files/AfricaNewJournal.pdf Starting a New Scholarly Journal in Africa], Public Knowledge Project, 2008.

* Caroline Sutton (project manager), [http://web.archive.org/web/20131219004606/http://www.doaj.org/bpguide/ Online Guide to Open Access Journals Publishing], Co-Action Publishing and the Lund University Library, January 2010.

* Jan Velterop, [http://www.soros.org/openaccess/pdf/open_access_publishing_and_scholarly_societies.pdf Guide to Open Access Publishing and Scholarly Societies], Open Society Institute, July 2005.