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Identifying Journals
Open Access (OA) journals – articles free to read BUT usually require article processing fees and/or institutional memberships for articles to be published. Open access is also required for articles resulting from research funded by specific sources (ex. NIH Public Access Policy, Institute of Education Sciences, etc.), These resources can help identify reputable open access journals.
In addition, UTMB has agreements with some publishers to provide discounted article processing fees:
Medical Education Online is the first open access, peer reviewed title covering health care education.
If the article you've written is the result of NIH funding, the final, peer-reviewed manuscripts must be submitted to the NIH Manuscript Submission System (NIHMS) upon acceptance for publication, and be made publicly available on PubMed Central (PMC) no later than 12 months after the official date of publication.
Some Journals automatically post NIH supported papers directly to PMC for you (Method A).
Publishers may provide tools to help you find their journals that will suit your article.
Make it easy for the editors to say, “Yes!”
Comply with the rules of the journal:
Follow conventions for the study type:
Create an error-free bibliography:
Find Information about Journals (publisher, where indexed, etc.)