Open Access Tools

How do I find a peer reviewed open access journal for my publication? Is publisher XY a reliable partner for my publication? You can solve these and other questions with the help of our OA tools. Here we provide useful links for evaluating publishers, journals and books.

Our most frequently used websites include the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) for finding gold open access journals. Use Unpaywall to search for legal and freely accessible scientific articles. Open Access Button also works on the same principle. Both tools are also available as Firefox add-ons. You can also find open access articles via Google Scholar. Via the link "All ... versions" you might get a free oa version from a repository.

If you have any questions about open access and publishing, please feel free to contact the open access team. If required, please arrange an individual consultation appointment. You can reach us by e-mail (openaccess(at)ub.uni-kl.de).