Librarians

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Increase your research listings and reduce your cost of access to quality research publications. We understand that libraries are at the forefront of information management and dissemination. To assist you in reaching your goals within budgetary constraints we provide free access to all our content online.

How do I access the journals?

Access is free. Each open access journal published by us has its own website. We provide several options for easy access:

• link directly to a specific journal by creating a direct link in your repository
• link to our online reading platform for all AOSIS OpenJournals publications that houses our entire portfolio’s content
• upload your institution’s publications from our journals into your institutional repository

Do AOSIS OpenJournals journals have Impact Factors and are they citation tracked?

Yes; for any journal to have an Impact Factor, however, it must be tracked by Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge (formerly known as ISI) for three years. Although many AOSIS OpenJournals journals are tracked by Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge, others are still relatively new. Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge is currently considering additional journals published by AOSIS OpenJournals for tracking.

Two other citation tracking services, Scopus and Google Scholar, both track citations for most of AOSIS OpenJournals journals. The SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) is also a free alternative journal citation-metric based on citation information from Scopus.

Will we be entitled to reproduce and distribute our open access articles?

All our open access articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) licence. Under this licence authors retain copyright but allow anyone to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute, and/or copy the content, as long as the original authors and source are cited. No permission is required from the authors or the publishers to use content designated as 'open access'. Appropriate attribution can be provided by simply citing the original article.

To learn more about the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, click here.

Linking to AOSIS OpenJournals

You may link to any AOSIS OpenJournals website from your library web pages, subject to our Terms of Use.