Seyed Ali Rezvani Kalajahi, PhD DOAJ Associate Editor

Subscribed Journals Subscribed journals focus on the readers and sometimes on the writers. Mostly free of charge for contributors, but readers have to pay to access articles The copyright is with the publisher/journal Less opportunity to be read and cited by the readers

Open access journals Open access journals either do not article processing fee or a minimal article processing charges are imposed to cover the publication costs. Readers do not have to pay to access the content of the journals authors will hold the copyright of the paper in most cases An immense opportunity for the citation of the published contents The impact factor and visibility of the authors will increase Eventually the hIndex of the authors will also improve Which model does your publisher or journal follow?

General Guidelines Each and every journal should provide a brief introduction about the journal on the front page Logos and mottos are potentially important The journal highlight should appear on the front page Publisher ISSN Review time Type of review Information about the publication fee Frequency Aim and scope (contact details) any form on the Contact us page is not suggested. And the further info about the journal acceptance rate

ISSN and ISBN ISSN online is required if your journal is published online ISSN print is required if your journal is published in print Journals that are published both online and in print should apply for both and represent them on their website. The print copy of the journals should obtain ISBN.

Journal attachment Attach the journal with insinuations, organizations or government agencies For instance the journal of Applied Linguistics is published in collaboration withApplied Linguistics 1.British Association for Applied Linguistics 2.International Association for Applied Linguistics

If fees are charged Any charges has to transparent on the journal website. Authors should know when they have to pay the publication fee Is there any article processing charge? If yes, how much? Does the journal have article submission charges? If yes, how much? If the discount or complete waive is applicable? where does the revenues are spent?

Archiving policy Why do we need to use archiving databases for our journals? LOCKSS CLOCKSS Portico PMC/Europe PMC/PMC Canada A national library of ….. Academic social networks such as Academia, research gate, etc The journal may ask the authors to upload and disseminate the published version of the paper in his/her social network account.

Article identifiers DOI Handles ARK A digital object identifier (DOI) is a serial code used to uniquely identify objects. The DOI system is particularly used for electronic documents such as journals. What are the advantages and How to request for it?

Editorial team List out their full names Affiliation Preferably and academic Geographical distribution of the editorial board is indispensable. And their role Associate editor Editorial member Reviewer (to be disclosed per year)

Type of review Editorial review Peer review Blind peer review Double blind peer review Open peer review Any review process should be clearly pointed out on the journal web page. A page about the information for reviewers on the website would be helpful. What general factors do reviewers need to take into account?

Instructions for authors Publication and Authorship 1.follow the submission guideline 2. indicate the conflict of interest 3.a complete list of references (APA, MLA, Chicago,…) 4.declaration 5.changes to authorship Geographical distribution of the authors is indispensable. 6. Title of the papers, author’s details, abstract, keywords, and references in English shall be provided for Farsi journals for the ease of indexing.

Types of publications Editorial Original Article Technical Note Response or reflection paper Review paper Technical note Short communication Interview ……

Publication ethics A number of industry organizations publish comprehensive guidelines and advice that can be readily adopted by any publisher. Such notable organizations include: Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA ) International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) International Association of Scientific, Technical & Medical Publishers (STM) World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) Guidelines for what a Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement should adhere to (PEMS) Guidelines for what a Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement should adhere to (PEMS)

Plagiarism How do you handle the plagiarism? Turnitin iThenticate

Open access statement If the journal is open access, a clear statement has to be included on the website. The presence of any logo of the OA is recommended. Budapest Open Access Initiative

Content Licensing Creative Commons Creative Commons is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. CC BY CC BY-NC CC BY-NC-ND CC BY-NC-SA CC BY-ND CC BY-SA Other (?)

Choose a License Choose a License and also embed or display on the website and on the articles

Copyright and Permissions If the journal is open access, one of the CC licensing options should be used. If authors are charged, the journal should publish the paper based on one of the CC licensing options and should not ask for copyright. If the journal is free of charge and open access, the journal is recommended to use of one of the CC licensing options. Advantage The right of the authors and readers are clear. If you are using different copy right option, what is it? What is the right of authors and readers?

Deposit policy Sherpa/Romeo Dulcinea OAKlist Héloïse Diadorim Journal Tocs Other

List of possible indexing and abstracting databases Iranian publishers may pay a visit to this LINK to see which of the above A&Is has been approved by the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.LINK

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) 9,159 Journals 6,408 searchable at Article level 128 Countries 2,325,529 Articles

Purpose of the DOAJ making it easier for aggregators & libraries to integrate OA-journals data in their services OA-publishers to get their journals visible readers to find OA-material authors to find a journal to publish in OA

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