Choosing Where to Publish

The final step is to find a suitable journal or publisher. To enable you to do this, you can browse the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) or the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB), for example, or use a recommendation service such as:

• B!SON helps you find a relevant Open Access journal based on semantic and bibliometric methods. Simply enter the title, abstract, and references into B!SON for suggestions of specialized journals. This video explains how it works: https://doi.org/10.5446/62604

• With oa.finder, you can search for the right publication venue for your scientific text - whether it’s an article or a book. The oa.finder contains information on international journals, filterable by Open Access status, impact, subject area, or publication fees (Article Processing Charges - APCs). There are also linked overviews of Open Access resources at your academic institution, along with information on transformation contracts and publication funds.

Furthermore, the checklist Think. Check. Submit. helps you figure out where to publish. It consists of different parameters to evaluate whether or not a publisher or journal matches your research findings.

Finally, you may also want to check out our Checklist on the Quality of Open Access Journals.

Please note that you will usually be asked to submit a printed and/or online version of your dissertation to your institution and/or library. The exact number and format are specified in the doctoral regulations of your specific faculty or institution.