Academic Publishing Anthro

You are a graduate student working on a SSHRC-funded project that is investigating the lived experience of refugees living in an Iraqi refugee camp. You are the first author on a journal article documenting some of the project's results, and you're not sure which journal to target for publication. Your goals are to: <ol> <li>Achieve a broad readership, including your collaborators from humanitarian NGOs working in the region </li> <li>Publish in a well-respected journal that will be an asset to your career </li> <li>Comply with SSHRC's Open Access Policy on Publications </li> </ol> You identify two journals that look like good targets. American Ethnologist is a prestige journal in your field, but you're not sure if it complies with OA requirements or if your non-academic colleagues would have access to it. Cultural Anthroplogy is a fully Open Access journal but you aren't sure if it is as well-respected in your field. Which journal do you decide to investigate? [[American Ethnologist]] [[Cultural Anthropology]]

This journal does not charge publication fees. Hooray! Good to know: <ul> <li>Article processing charges are an eligible expense for TriCouncil grants.</li> </ul> Good luck with your article!

<ul> <li>Talk to your peers and mentors. Do they know of anyone on the editorial board? Have they read or cited this journal?</li> <li><a href="https://library.ucalgary.ca/ask/?group_id=14767" target="_blank">Ask a librarian</a>. They will be able to help you assess the journal and tell you whether it is indexed in reputable databases.</li> </ul>

American Ethnologist is a well-established journal in your research area. The University of Calgary Library subscribes to this journal (paying about 566 USD/year), but most of its content is not available to non-subscribers. You have the option to pay 3000 USD (wow that's a lot) to make your individual article Open Access. This is an eligible SSHRC expense, but your supervisor doesn't have enough grant funding left to cover this fee. What do you do? Give up on this journal and take a look at [[Cultural Anthropology]] I've heard that I can self-archive my work and still comply with the Tri-Council Policy. [[Investigate self-archiving ->Self archiving]]

Cultural Anthropology is a fully open access journal. It makes all accepted articles immediately free to read upon publication. (Gold open access) Your supervisor asks you to evaluate this journal before you submit to it. Ways to assess a journal prior to submission: <ul> <li>Check to see if it is listed in the <a href="https://doaj.org/" target="_blank">Directory of Open Access Journals</a>. The DOAJ screens Open Access journals for quality.</li> <li>Have a good look at the journal's <a href="https://culanth.org/" target="_blank">website</a>. It should contain: <ul> <li>a clear and appropriate scope;</li> <li>an editorial board with recognized experts and current contact information for them;</li> <li>transparent information about whether any author fees are charged;</li> <li>a description of the peer review process used by the journal.</li></ul> <li>did the journal solicit you to contribute? If a call for submissions did not come from a trusted source, treat it as spam.</li> </ul> What do you do? [[This journal seems like a good fit. I'm going to submit my paper!]] [[I'm still not sure if this journal is a good fit. What should I do?]]

Self-archiving means that you post a version of your paper to an institutional or disciplinary repository. (Green open access) The Tri-Council policy requires that a version of your paper be openly available within 12 months of publication. What type of self archiving is permitted by American Ethnologist? <ul> <li>Check on the <a href="http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/index.php?la=en&fIDnum=|&mode=simple"="_blank">Sherpa-Romeo database</a>. This database lists the copyright and self-archiving policies of publishers and journals.</li> <li>This journal does allow you to archive the accepted manuscript (the version after peer review but before publisher layout and copyediting) on a repository. <li>There is no embargo period. That means you can post your accepted manuscript right away. This meets the Tri-Council Policy requirements.</li> </ul> What do you do? I'm happy with the self-archiving solution. I'm going to submit my paper to this journal. I think that a [[fully open access journal->Cultural Anthropology]] would be a better option for me.