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Welcome to the University of Exeter Journal Guide
The Journal Guide helps you as a researcher at University of Exeter to identify open access options when publishing in different journals. Search by journal title, keywords or ISSN to discover journals in your research area. Check if journals are included in publisher agreements (discounts, or no APCs).
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African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
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There is no agreement between University of Exeter and this journal.
If this is a hybrid journal, select the subscription publishing option and upload your accepted manuscript to ORE. If this is an open access journal, contact the Open Research team before submitting if you need to apply for funding to pay the publishing fees.
African Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
There is no agreement between University of Exeter and this journal.
If this is a hybrid journal, select the subscription publishing option and upload your accepted manuscript to ORE. If this is an open access journal, contact the Open Research team before submitting if you need to apply for funding to pay the publishing fees.
African Journal of Inter-Multidisciplinary Studies
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Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
There is no agreement between University of Exeter and this journal.
If this is a hybrid journal, select the subscription publishing option and upload your accepted manuscript to ORE. If this is an open access journal, contact the Open Research team before submitting if you need to apply for funding to pay the publishing fees.
African Journal of International and Comparative Law
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Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
There is no agreement between University of Exeter and this journal.
If this is a hybrid journal, select the subscription publishing option and upload your accepted manuscript to ORE. If this is an open access journal, contact the Open Research team before submitting if you need to apply for funding to pay the publishing fees.
African Journal of Laboratory Medicine
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Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
There is no agreement between University of Exeter and this journal.
If this is a hybrid journal, select the subscription publishing option and upload your accepted manuscript to ORE. If this is an open access journal, contact the Open Research team before submitting if you need to apply for funding to pay the publishing fees.
African Journal of Legal Studies
The African Journal of Legal Studies (AJLS) is a peer-reviewed and interdisciplinary academic journal focusing on human rights and rule of law issues in Africa as analyzed by lawyers, economists, political scientists and others drawn from throughout the continent and the world. The journal, which was established by the Africa Law Institute and is now co-published in collaboration with Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (an imprint of Brill), aims to serve as the leading forum for the thoughtful and scholarly engagement of a broad range of complex issues at the intersection of law, public policy and social change in Africa.
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Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Institutional Agreement
This journal is included in the Brill Read & Publish agreement:Publish open access with CC BY licence without any publishing fees in all Brill journals, including hybrid & fully open access, when corresponding author has an eligible University of Exeter affiliation.
This agreement runs until 31st December 2026 - for articles accepted up to this date. Open access options for articles accepted after 1st January 2027 will depend whether a new agreement is in place at that point.
African Journal of Marine Science
African (formerly South African) Journal of Marine Science provides an international forum for the publication of original, peer-reviewed contributions in all disciplines of marine research, including reports on new techniques and methods. The scope covers all aspects of marine science, from estuaries and coastal waters to the open ocean, from chemical and physical to biological oceanography, and including fisheries, socio-economic science, co-management, ecosystems and other topical advisory subjects. Contributions from African waters, including the Southern Ocean, are particularly encouraged, although not to the exclusion of those from elsewhere. They may take the form of a paper, a critical review or a short communication. The journal publishes proceedings of symposia in dedicated issues, as well as guest-edited suites on thematic topics in regular issues. The journal is produced by NISC in association with the Fisheries branch of the South African Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF). Acceptance of papers is the responsibility of the Editor-in-Chief in consultation with the Editors and members of the Editorial Advisory Board. Acceptance does not mean, however, that the Board necessarily agrees with the statements published. Disclaimer NISC and Taylor & Francis make every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the 8220;Content8221;) contained in its publications. However, the Society and Taylor & Francis and its agents and licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness or suitability for any purpose of the Content and disclaim all such representations and warranties whether express or implied to the maximum extent permitted by law. Any views expressed in this publication are the views of the authors and are not necessarily the views of the Editor, the Society or Taylor & Francis.
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Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Institutional Agreement
This journal is included in a Read & Publish agreement:Publish open access with without publishing fees in Taylor & Francis and Routledge 'Open Select' hybrid journals, fully open access journals, F1000 platforms and Routledge Open Research when corresponding author has an eligible University of Exeter affiliation.
Eligible article types are: original research articles; review articles; brief reports; case reports. Commentaries / opinion pieces and articles in supplements are not included.
Visit the publisher website to check if your article type is eligible.
More information about the agreement on the T&F website.
To publish through the agreement, list your institutional affiliation on the publisher forms then after acceptance request open access without any publishing fees to pay.
For articles that do not have an Exeter corresponding author in hybrid journals, select the subscription publishing option and self-archive the accepted manuscript in ORE using Rights Retention.
African Journal of Medicine and Pharma Research
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Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
There is no agreement between University of Exeter and this journal.
If this is a hybrid journal, select the subscription publishing option and upload your accepted manuscript to ORE. If this is an open access journal, contact the Open Research team before submitting if you need to apply for funding to pay the publishing fees.
African Journal of Microbiology Research
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Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
There is no agreement between University of Exeter and this journal.
If this is a hybrid journal, select the subscription publishing option and upload your accepted manuscript to ORE. If this is an open access journal, contact the Open Research team before submitting if you need to apply for funding to pay the publishing fees.
African Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health
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Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
There is no agreement between University of Exeter and this journal.
If this is a hybrid journal, select the subscription publishing option and upload your accepted manuscript to ORE. If this is an open access journal, contact the Open Research team before submitting if you need to apply for funding to pay the publishing fees.
African Journal of Nephrology
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Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
There is no agreement between University of Exeter and this journal.
If this is a hybrid journal, select the subscription publishing option and upload your accepted manuscript to ORE. If this is an open access journal, contact the Open Research team before submitting if you need to apply for funding to pay the publishing fees.
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery
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Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
There is no agreement between University of Exeter and this journal.
If this is a hybrid journal, select the subscription publishing option and upload your accepted manuscript to ORE. If this is an open access journal, contact the Open Research team before submitting if you need to apply for funding to pay the publishing fees.
African Journal of Pentecostal Studies
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Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
There is no agreement between University of Exeter and this journal.
If this is a hybrid journal, select the subscription publishing option and upload your accepted manuscript to ORE. If this is an open access journal, contact the Open Research team before submitting if you need to apply for funding to pay the publishing fees.
African Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
There is no agreement between University of Exeter and this journal.
If this is a hybrid journal, select the subscription publishing option and upload your accepted manuscript to ORE. If this is an open access journal, contact the Open Research team before submitting if you need to apply for funding to pay the publishing fees.
African Journal of Plant Science
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Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
There is no agreement between University of Exeter and this journal.
If this is a hybrid journal, select the subscription publishing option and upload your accepted manuscript to ORE. If this is an open access journal, contact the Open Research team before submitting if you need to apply for funding to pay the publishing fees.
African Journal of Plant Science and Biotechnology
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Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
There is no agreement between University of Exeter and this journal.
If this is a hybrid journal, select the subscription publishing option and upload your accepted manuscript to ORE. If this is an open access journal, contact the Open Research team before submitting if you need to apply for funding to pay the publishing fees.
African Journal of Political Science
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Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
There is no agreement between University of Exeter and this journal.
If this is a hybrid journal, select the subscription publishing option and upload your accepted manuscript to ORE. If this is an open access journal, contact the Open Research team before submitting if you need to apply for funding to pay the publishing fees.
African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine
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Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
There is no agreement between University of Exeter and this journal.
If this is a hybrid journal, select the subscription publishing option and upload your accepted manuscript to ORE. If this is an open access journal, contact the Open Research team before submitting if you need to apply for funding to pay the publishing fees.
African Journal of Psychological Assessment
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Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
There is no agreement between University of Exeter and this journal.
If this is a hybrid journal, select the subscription publishing option and upload your accepted manuscript to ORE. If this is an open access journal, contact the Open Research team before submitting if you need to apply for funding to pay the publishing fees.
African Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry
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Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
There is no agreement between University of Exeter and this journal.
If this is a hybrid journal, select the subscription publishing option and upload your accepted manuscript to ORE. If this is an open access journal, contact the Open Research team before submitting if you need to apply for funding to pay the publishing fees.