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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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World Journal of Oncology
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Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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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.
World Journal of Ophthalmology
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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.
World Journal of Orthopedics
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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.
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
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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.
World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
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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
Institutional Agreement
This journal is included in the Wiley Read & Publish agreement:Publish open access with without publishing fees in all Wiley hybrid and fully open access journals when responsible corresponding author has an eligible University of Exeter affiliation.
Eligible article types are: original research articles; review articles.
When publishing through the Wiley agreement, Creative Commons Attribution Licence CC BY is strongly encouraged. More information on the Wiley website.
When submitting to an open access journal in this agreement, during submission use the 'Account code tool' to look up and select University of Exeter. When submitting to a hybrid journal, complete the publisher forms after acceptance listing Exeter affiliation. The open access request will be sent to our institutional account.
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.
World Journal of Pediatric 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
Institutional Agreement
This journal is eligible for 15% discount to the APC when paid through the institutional BMJ prepayment account, for eligible University of Exeter corresponding authors.Eligible article types are: research articles only.
Contact the Open Research team before you submit, if you need to apply to the central open access funds to pay the discounted APC. Contact us at acceptance if you have funds in a research grant to pay but you'd like us to facilitate payment through our account, to get the discount.
World Journal of Pediatrics
Published quarterly, the World Journal of Pediatrics offers peer-reviewed original papers, reviews and special reports focusing on clinical practice and research in pediatrics. The journal presents contributions on new developments in all areas of the discipline from pediatricians worldwide. Coverage includes the most current progress in pediatrics, pediatric surgery, preventive health care in pediatrics, pharmacology, stomatology and biomedicine. The journal also covers basic sciences and experimental work, and provides a broad academic platform for the international exchange of medical results.
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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 the Springer Nature Read & Publish agreement:Publish open access with without publishing fees in eligible Springer, Nature Research and Palgrave hybrid journals, when primary corresponding author has an eligible University of Exeter affiliation.
Eligible article types are: original paper; review paper; brief communication; continuing education. When publishing in a Nature Portfolio hybrid journal, original paper is the only eligible article type.
For articles that do not have an Exeter corresponding author, select the subscription publishing option and self-archive the accepted manuscript in ORE using Rights Retention.
This agreement does not include Springer Nature open access journals.
Check your options for each journal in Exeter's Journal Guide before submitting, to verify whether it's included in the Read & Publish agreement (no APCs), or if publishing fees apply. Caution - do not rely on the information provided on the Springer Nature website, which is misleading and does not accurately represent when publishing fees apply.
World Journal of Pharmacology
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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.
World Journal of Psychiatry
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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.
World Journal of Psychology
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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.
World Journal of Radiology
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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.
World Journal of Respirology
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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.
World Journal of Rheumatology
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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.
World Journal of Social Science
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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.
World Journal of Stem Cells
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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.
World Journal of Surgery
World Journal of Surgery provides an in-depth, international forum for the most current, most authoritative information on major clinical problems in the fields of clinical and experimental surgery, surgical education, and socioeconomic aspects of surgical care. In addition to original scientific reports, the journal features 'World Progress in Surgery', a special section presenting contributions from recognized authorities on a single topic of current importance. Under the editorship of Dr. John G. Hunter, World Journal of Surgery rapidly publishes original articles that offer significant contributions in the fields of clinical surgery, experimental surgery and related sciences, surgical education, and the socioeconomic aspects of surgical care. This is the official journal of the International Society of Surgery (ISS) / Société Internationale de Chirurgie (SIC)
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
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 the Wiley Read & Publish agreement:Publish open access with without publishing fees in all Wiley hybrid and fully open access journals when responsible corresponding author has an eligible University of Exeter affiliation.
Eligible article types are: original research articles; review articles.
When publishing through the Wiley agreement, Creative Commons Attribution Licence CC BY is strongly encouraged. More information on the Wiley website.
When submitting to an open access journal in this agreement, during submission use the 'Account code tool' to look up and select University of Exeter. When submitting to a hybrid journal, complete the publisher forms after acceptance listing Exeter affiliation. The open access request will be sent to our institutional account.
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.
World Journal of Surgical Oncology
World Journal of Surgical Oncology is ready to accept papers on all aspects of surgical oncology and allied subjects.
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
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 eligible for 15% discount to the APC in Springer Nature fully open access journals, when the APC is paid through the institutional prepayment account.Primary corresponding author must have an eligible University of Exeter affiliation.
Eligible article types: original research paper; review paper; brief communication; continuing education. Other article types e.g. protocol papers are not eligible for the discount and incur full price APC.
Contact the Open Research team before you submit, if you need to apply to the central open access funds to pay the discounted APC. Contact us at acceptance if you have funds in a research grant to pay but would like us to facilitate payment through the institutional account, to get the discount.
Check your options for each journal in Exeter's Journal Guide before submitting, to verify whether publishing fees apply. Caution - do not rely on the information provided on the Springer Nature website, which is misleading and does not accurately represent show when publishing fees apply.
World Journal of Surgical Procedures
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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.
World Journal of Translational 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.
World Journal of Transplantation
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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.