In the field of economics, there are already numerous open access journals and publishers that offer open access. The offer is extended by the Read & Publish Agreements.
Overview open-access.network of Open Access in economics
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) lists over 20,000 Gold Open Access Journals that have been quality-checked according to formal criteria.
In the "Sherpa/Romeo" database, you can look up whether and under what conditions an article that has been published conventionally may be republished on LORY. The policies of internationally orientated journals in particular are covered.
Thanks to the national agreements concluded with various major scientific publishers, members of the three Lucerne universities can publish Open Access in thousands of journals at no additional cost.
Further information on the Read&Publish Agreements on our Open Science page.
The Directory of Open Access Books currently lists over 77,000 academic open access titles that have undergone peer review.
The question of the quality of journals and publishers does not only arise with open access publications - but in the relatively new field of open access, the issue is particularly virulent. So where should you publish - and where is it better not to publish?
- Tips and checklists for assessing journals and publishers "Think Check Submit"
- List of Open Access journals that have undergone a formal quality check: DOAJ
Open Access publications are indexed in all catalogues and databases, such as swisscovery, Scopus, Web of Science and numerous specialist databases. Some databases and catalogues offer the option of filtering for Open Access, for example: