Step-by-step guide

If you publish your research, make sure that the Open Access requirements of the funding bodies are met:

• What are the requirements of your funding body in regard to Open Access publishing?
• Does your agreement include publishing your results Open Access?
• Which publication route do you lean toward? Is the green route also a possibility?
• Are agreements with certain publishers recommended or preffered?

Select a journal:

• What is your field of expertise? Determine the scope of your research and look for Open Access journals within your research discipline.
• Check the journals' Open Access possibilities (fully Open Access or hybrid). Which publication route do you lean toward?
• Verify the reliability of the selected journal using the Directory of Open Access Journals.
• Consult Sherpa Romeo for their Open Access policy.
• Check the peer review proces of the respective journal.
• Check the metrics (such as the impact factor) of the respective journal.
• Pay attention to the APC and take these costs into account.
• Under which Creative Commons-license will your publication be licensed?
• Ask your professor or the information specialists Research for advice.

Make sure that the requirements of the respective journal and/or publisher are met regarding:

• Copyright Transfer Agreement
• Creative Commons copyright licenses
• Embargo period
• Availability for education at the Hanze UAS
• Article Processing Charge

Make your publication visible in PURE according to:

• the requirements of your funding body;
• your agreement with the respective publisher;
• the Open Science policy of the Hanze UAS.

Apply for reimbursement of the APC/BPC:

• If the publication costs are not included in your project funding, you can apply for reimbursement from the Open Access Fund of the Hanze UAS.