Transformative Agreements in Publishing

DOAJ is a global directory of more than 19,000 open access journals. Refine your search by subject, peer review type, article processing fees, or available creative commons licenses.

This brief guide differentiates between Creative Commons licenses and answers the questions a researcher is likely to face when considering derivatives, reuse, sharing, etc. when publishing articles, books, or chapters.

This is a concise visual guide from SPARC, PLoS, and OASPA, which spotlights the key factors when considering open access publication.

Here is a simple web tool from cOAlition S, which allows you to enter a Journal Title / ISSN + Your Funder + Your Institution to quickly determine whether that publication meets your funder's Open Access requirements, whether you use UTD's transformative agreements or not.

A coalition of notable leaders in open access provides a checklist for researchers to consider when evaluating a publisher credibility and journal quality.

Among its initiatives for inclusive global research practices, Research4Life.org provides a list of publishers who support waived Article Processing Charges (APC) and other discount policies here.