Friday, April 11, 2014

Open Access … Your Gateway To Free Journals

“Thanks to my solid academic training, today I can write hundreds of words on virtually any topic without possessing a shred of information, which is how I got a good job in journalism.” -- Dave Barry (American Writer and Humorist, b.1947)

There is a surprising number of open access (read: free) scholarly journals on the Web.  Listed below are several directories of such journals.  Also listed is a selected list of open access journals.

Tip: Bookmark my bookmarks
Each of the sources listed below is listed in my Delicious bookmarks account.  Visit it (www.delicious.com/jeansteinhardt)  and bookmark it for easy future access to these open access journals. HINT: When you visit my bookmarks, click on the “Journals” tab.

DIRECTORIES / REPOSITORIES
DOAJ - Directory of Open Access Journals
http://www.doaj.org

The Open Access Digital Library, delivered through Gold Rush Electronic Resource Management System, provides free access to over 4,000 full text, scholarly journals in a variety of subjects.
http://grweb.coalliance.org/oadl/oadl.html

NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository (NOPR)
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/

Hindawi publishes more than 300 Open Access journals covering a wide range of academic disciplines. All articles published in Hindawi journals are open access and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/

doiSerbia
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Repository that contains articles from the leading Serbian scientific journals. All articles are published under Open Access.
http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/

SELECTED INDIVIDUAL JOURNALS
Petroleum & Coal, International Journal for Petroleum Processing, Petrochemistry and Coal Processing. ISSN 1337-7027, P&C is an Open Access Journal published online quarterly at http://www.vurup.sk website. Before 2003 journal was printed with ISSN 1335-3055.
http://www.vurup.sk/petroleum-coal

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology is a scholarly open access, peer-reviewed, interdisciplinary, monthly and fully refereed journal focusing on theories, methods and applications in Science, Engineering and Technology.
http://www.waset.org/

IOSR Journal of Engineering is published by the International organization of Scientific Research (IOSR) with 12 Issues per year. It is an online open access journal that provides rapid publication (monthly) of articles in all areas of the subject such as: civil, mechanical, chemical, electronic and computer engineering as well as production and information technology. The Journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence. Papers will be published by rapid process within 20 days after acceptance and peer review process takes only 7 days. All articles published in IOSRJEN will be peer-reviewed.
http://www.iosrjen.org/

Journal of Research in Biology - ISSN - Print: 2231 –6280; Online: 2231- 6299. 
An open access international online journal committed to the development and spread of research in Biological sciences. It accepts research articles with affiliation to biological science from around the globe and publishes them in the journal. The submitted articles are peer-reviewed by the experts in the field and editorial board members. Make the most of your research by publishing your articles in Journal of Research in Biology.
http://jresearchbiology.com/

The International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research is an open access peer-reviewed international forum for scientists and engineers involved in research to publish high quality and refereed papers. Papers reporting original research or extended versions of already published conference/journal papers are all welcome. Papers for publication are selected through peer review to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The journal ensures a wide indexing policy to make published papers highly visible to the scientific community.
http://www.ijser.org/

International Journal Of Emerging Trends In Engineering And Development (IJETED)
http://rspublication.com/ijeted/ijeted_index.htm

International Journal of Engineering &Technology (IJET) is a peer reviewed, open access international scientific journal dedicated for rapid publication of high quality original research articles as well as review articles in all aspects of engineering studies and its applications. International Journal of Engineering &Technology is published quarterly by Science Publishing Corporation.
http://www.sciencepubco.com/index.php/ijet

The Open Petroleum Engineering Journal is an Open Access online journal, which publishes original research articles, review articles, short articles (letters) and guest edited single topic issues in all areas of petroleum engineering.
http://www.benthamscience.com/open/topej/

Journal of Applied Research and Technology
Innovative applications of science, development of new technologies and efficient solutions to engineering needs. JART focuses on the following scientific-technological areas:
acoustic and vibrations, biomedical engineering, computers and information technology, educational software and technology, electronics and electrical engineering, material and sensors, mechanical and thermal engineering, metrology, optics, signals and image processing, telecommunications, cybernetics and systems, industrial engineering, control systems, biotechnology, nanotechnology, chemical engineering, seismic engineering and environmental engineering.
http://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/jart


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