Where to Publish
Do you want to be able to share final versions of you published work in Scholar Commons? Consider publishing Open Access! These directories can help you identify an appropriate venue for your OA publication. You can also consult with your department's Subject Librarian.
Open Access Directory
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. By bringing many OA-related lists together in one place, OAD makes it easier for everyone to discover them, use them for reference, and update them.
Directory of Open Access Journals
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals across all disciplines.
The University Library is a member of the following organizations so it is easier, cheaper, or sometimes even free to publish through these initiatives.
- Lever Press - NO fees!Lever Press is an OA monograph project that began as an initiative of the Oberlin Group. It is committed to the highest standards of peer review, aligned with the mission and ethos of liberal arts colleges, and fully OA with no author fees of any kind. Santa Clara University Library is one of the first institutions outside of the Oberlin Group to join Lever Press. English Faculty member Phyllis Brown currently serves on the Lever Press Editorial Board and then University Librarian Jennifer Nutefall served on the Oversight Committee until December 31, 2020.
- Luminos -- UC Press -- discounted feesSCU joined UC Press's Luminos monograph initiative at the Courier Level, which makes SCU scholars eligible to receive a 10% discount on APCs. Should SCU contribute at a higher level, SCU scholars would get deeper discounts.
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) Journals -- discounted feesAll articles published by MDPI are made immediately available worldwide under an open access license. As of March 2019, MDPI published 202 journal titles across the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. SCU Authors are eligible for a 10% discount on APCs through the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP).
- Open Library of Humanities Journals - NO fees!The Open Library of Humanities (OLH) is a charitable organization dedicated to publishing open access scholarship with no APCs. This endeavor is funded by an international consortium of libraries, and SCU joined in 2019.