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Useful links & news on open accessUseful links & news on open access<h3>​Open access news<br></h3><p>Receive regular updates on open access, SUNScholar, SUNJournals and SUNConferences:</p><ul><li>Subscribe to our <a href="http://lists.lib.sun.ac.za/mailman/listinfo/scholar" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0066cc;">mailing list</span></a></li><li>Read the <a href="http://blogs.sun.ac.za/sunscholar/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0066cc;"><span style="color:#0066cc;"><span style="color:#0066cc;">SUNScholar News Blog</span></span></span></a><br><br></li></ul><h3>Useful links on open access<br></h3><div><a href="http://creativecommons.org/" target="_blank"><strong>Creative Commons Licenses</strong></a><br>Creative Commons licenses provide a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors, artists, and educators.<br><br><a href="http://www0.sun.ac.za/research/assets/files/Complete%20list%20of%20DHET%20Accredited%20journal%20lists%20for%20publications%20to%20be%20made%20in%202016.xlsx" target="_blank"><strong style="color:#0072c6;">Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) accredited journals</strong></a><br>Stellenbosch University receives funding for articles published in these journals, as well as articles published in journals listed with:<br><ul><li><a href="http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/ibss-set-c.shtml" target="_blank">International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)</a></li><li><a href="http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jloptions.cgi?PC=SS" target="_blank">Science Citation Index<br></a></li><li><a href="http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jloptions.cgi?PC=SS" target="_blank">Social Sciences Citation Index</a></li><li><a href="http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jloptions.cgi?PC=H">Arts and Humanities Citation Index </a></li></ul>Please encourage editors to apply for inclusion in the above lists. Also see the <a href="http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/images/2/2a/Accreditation_dohe.pdf" target="_blank">procedure for DHET accreditation</a>.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.doaj.org/" target="_blank"><strong>Directory of Open Access Journals</strong></a></div>The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a database maintained by Lund University, which lists open access journal titles. This is the most comprehensive and trusted list of open access journal titles.<br><br><strong></strong><a href="http://www.biosemantics.org/jane/" target="_blank"><strong>JANE</strong></a><br>The Journal/Author Name Estimator provides guidance to authors to decide on which journal title to publish with, assist with finding relevant citations applicable to their papers, and also assist editors of journal titles to find appropriate reviewers. <br><br><a href="http://www.jisc.ac.uk/" target="_blank"><strong>JISC</strong></a><br>JISC champions the use of digital technology to ensure the UK maintains its world-class standard in research, teaching and learning. A report on open access from JISC may be found at <a href="http://ie-repository.jisc.ac.uk/442/" target="_blank">http://ie-repository.jisc.ac.uk/442/.</a><br><br><a href="/connect/jcr" target="_blank"><strong>Journal Citation Reports</strong></a> - ISI (for impact factors) <br>Establish the Thomson Reuters impact factor of a journal title. To have a journal impact factor assigned to a journal, please follow the <a href="http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/free/essays/journal_selection_process/" target="_blank">documented procedure</a>.<br><br><a href="http://www.mdpi.com/about"><strong>MDPI​</strong></a><br>Stellenbosch University has joined the Institutional Membership Programme of MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute), an academic open-access publisher. In terms of the membership programme, corresponding authors associated with the University will receive a 10% discount on MDPI’s Article Processing Charges.<br><br><a href="http://www.nrf.ac.za/media-room/news/statement-open-access-research-publications-national-research-foundation-nrf-funded"><strong>National Re​search Foundation</strong></a><br><span lang="EN">Statement on open access to research publications from the National Research Foundation (NRF)-Funded Research</span>.<br><br><a href="http://www.oaklist.qut.edu.au/" target="_blank"><strong>OAKList</strong></a><br>The QUT-based Open Access to Knowledge (OAK) Law Project contains information on open access repositories and publishing.<br><br><a href="http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Guides_for_OA_journal_publishers" target="_blank"><strong>Open Access Directory</strong></a><br>The Open Access Directory (OAD) is a compendium of simple factual lists about open access (OA) to science and scholarship, maintained by the OA community at large. <a href="http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Guides_for_OA_journal_publishers" target="_blank">Guides for OA journal publishers</a> is a list of guidelines, primers, recommendations, and best practices for publishers of OA journals. <br><br><a href="http://scholars.sciencecommons.org/" target="_blank"><strong>Science Commons: Scholar's Copyright Addendum Engine</strong></a><br>The Scholar's Copyright Addendum Engine will help you generate a PDF form that you can attach to a journal publisher's copyright agreement to ensure that you retain certain rights.<br><br><a href="http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/" target="_blank"><strong>SHERPA RoMEO</strong></a><br>SHERPA RoMEO is a database containing publisher policies on archiving research papers in institutional repositories. Also visit home pages of publishers for updated policies on archiving research papers in institutional repositories, or contact the publisher directly.<br><br><a href="/SiteCollectionDocuments/services/Addendum.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>SPARC Addendum</strong></a><br>Agreement between authors and publishers on rights to publish. A legal instrument that modifies the publisher’s agreement and allows the author to keep key rights to their articles.<br><br><a href="http://www.sparceurope.org/" target="_blank"><strong>SPARC Europe</strong></a><br>SPARC Europe is an alliance of European research libraries, research institutions and library organisations advocating open access. Their vision is advocating for change in scholarly communications for the benefit of researchers and society.<br><br><p><a href="http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/images/3/36/Licence_to_publish.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Stellenbosch University Licence to Publish</strong></a> (Addendum)<br></p>

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