LibGuides: Open Access: Find Open Access Journals

Where To Look for OA Journals

DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals
The Directory aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access academic journals that use an appropriate quality control system and is not limited to particular languages or subject areas.
Unpaywall
An open database of 25,571,203 free scholarly articles, with over 50,000 publishers and repositories.

Journal Citation Reports This link opens in a new window
Provides you with the transparent, publisher-neutral data and statistics you need to make confident decisions in today’s evolving scholarly publishing landscape, whether you’re submitting your first manuscript or managing a portfolio of thousands of publications.
Ulrichsweb Global Serials Directory This link opens in a new window
Ulrichsweb is an easy to search source of detailed information on more than 300,000 periodicals (also called serials) of all types: academic and scholarly journals, e-journals, peer-reviewed titles, popular magazines, newspapers, newsletters, and more.

Evaluating OA Journals
Here are some questions to ask when you are considering publishing in an Open Access journal.
OpenDOAR
OpenDOAR is an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories.
Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR)
The aim of ROAR is to promote the development of open access by providing timely information about the growth and status of repositories throughout the world.
NIH Data Sharing Repositories
This table lists NIH-supported data repositories that make data accessible for reuse.
Gold Open Access Journals 2011-2015
An exhaustive study of Gold OA journals as represented by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) as of December 2015.
Magazines for Libraries Update
Excellent reviews of OA journals, searchable by discipline and listing peer-reviewed information.