Research Guides: Open Scholarship and Open Access: Making My Scholarship Open

Making Scholarship Open

There are multiple ways to participate in open scholarship practices and many are supported by the KSL Library:

Deposit your article in our institutional repository, Scholarly Commons @ CWRU (Green OA)
Deposit your data into the Open Science Framework (OSF). See our OSF Guide.
Publish OA. No cost options:
- CWRU Publishing Agreements. See the CWRU OA Agreements & Other Funding Guide to learn more. (Gold OA)
- Non-APC Journals/Book Publishers. See Publishing OA at No Cost for a list of journals and books publishers that do not have article processing charges (APCs).
Create an ORCID profile

OA Publishing: Peer-Reviewed Articles

Looking to publish in an Open Access Journal? To find a suitable, trusted OA journal, you can try the following:

Browse the OA Publishing Opportunities available at CWRU
CWRU has agreements with Cambridge, Wiley, ECS, and IOP that allow CWRU authors to publish OA for free.
Go to the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and browse by field.
DOAJ only indexes journals that pass their high standards, ensuring you are selecting a trusted journal.
*Use the "Without article processing charges (APCs)" filter to find journals without publication charges.
Or paste your abstract into Open Journal Matcher and get suggestions for suitable OA journals.
Or search for journals that satisfy the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) criteria.
Jot
A free, open-source web application that matches manuscripts in the fields of biomedicine and life sciences with suitable journals, based on a manuscript’s title, abstract, and (optionally) citations.
Think. Check. Submit.
Think. Check. Submit. helps researchers identify trusted journals and publishers for their research. Through a range of tools and practical resources, this international cross-sector initiative aims to educate researchers, promote integrity, and build trust in credible research and publications.

OA Beyond Articles

There are many ways to participate in open practices beyond publishing a journal article OA. You can also make other aspects of your work and research open, including books, methods, open educational resources, data, and more.

Guide to Open Educational Resources (OER)
OA Books Toolkit
Aims to help book authors better understand OA book publishing and to increase trust in OA books.
Open Science Framework (OSF) Guide
Learn about making your data OA.
protocols.io
A secure platform for developing and sharing reproducible methods.

Can I make my research open after signing a publisher agreement?

Even if your work was previously published, you may still be able to post it to make it openly available, including through a repository like Scholarly Commons @ CWRU. KSL staff can consult with authors and research rights with you to make a determination. If you have a contract with your publisher, check to see what it permits or check Sherpa Romeo. If you have questions or need guidance, please contact digitalcommons@case.edu and a librarian will work with you to review rights.

References

Harvard Open Access Project (HOAP). (2022). How to make your own work open access. https://cyber.harvard.edu/hoap/How_to_make_your_own_work_open_access