For general information about how Open Access works see: Open Access : Research, Business & Innovation , Aberystwyth University
For detailed information about Transformative Agreements and the availability of pre-paid or discounted Article Processing Charges (APCs) see: Open Access : Information Services , Aberystwyth University
If you or your Institute publishes a book, journal or monograph series in print or online, you may want to consider the following:
See further details here: https://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/help/isbn/
Subject to third party interests such as commercial partners/ funders, research produced by a member of University staff is owned by the University.
Please see the Intellectual Property Pages for further details.
Journal hijacking and fraudulent journal sites are becoming an increasing problem for journal authors, publishers and readers. Publishing scams aim to exploit researchers, promising quick publication but charging excessive publication fees. These sites can often be a clone of an established journal, set up to extract fees from unsuspecting authors.
Publishers are becoming more increasingly aware of the problem and have taken steps to combat this new trend. Scopus academic database had 67 hijacked journals on its database by 2023. To help alleviate this problem, Scopus removed URLs to all journal homepages that it indexes, although the problem persists (Retraction Watch, 2023).
Many authors and readers are unaware of this practice and the following resources might be useful to consider.
• Hijacked Journal Checker (Retraction Watch), aims to maintain and up to date list of hijacked journals.
• Journal Whitelists, such as the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), are also useful resources for checking and evaluating journals.
• Think Check Submit provides a checklist for safely publishing journal articles and books/chapters.
See 'Evaluating and fact checking information' LibGuide for further details.
See our Copyright pages for how the Institution manages copyright:
