LibGuides: Publishing Options and Opportunities: Getting Started

This guide covers the following areas of academic publishing:

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Copyright & Author Rights

Use copyrighted works or retain copyright to your works

Research Impact & Scholarly Identity

Demonstrate impact and manage your online scholarly reputation

Funder & UC Public Access Policies

Meet requirements and ensure the widest reach of your works

Publishing Opportunities

Be aware of new publishing opportunities as an author or journal editor

Publishing Your Research

Congratulations, you've completed your research, wrote it up, and now you're ready to publish!

Understand your rights as an author
Evaluation tools and criteria to choose a journal or other publishing platforms
Publish an Open Access journal article, book, educational resource or other digital scholarship

This guide serves as an introduction to these publishing topics and can be helpful for any researcher whether you're a student publishing their first paper or an established researcher.

You may also find guides on measuring research impact, reputation management, and ORCiDuseful.

Publishing Discounts for UC Authors

UCSD Library Publishing Workshops and Presentations

UC San Diego scholarly communications workshop and presentation recordings, slide decks, notes, and resources on topics such as:

Publishing opportunities and Open Access publishing
Identifying reputable journals and avoiding "predatory" publishers
Research impact and bias in analytics
Undergraduate research and publishing

Publication Ethics & Standards

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
COPE Core Practices
Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing
These principles form the basis of the criteria by which suitability for membership is assessed by COPE, DOAJ and OASPA, and part of the criteria on which membership applications are evaluated by WAME
Publishing best practice and basic standards for inclusion
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Open Access Publishing Resources
Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA)
Policies for Medical Journal Editors
Prepared by the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) Ethics and Policy Committee.

An Ethical Framework

An Ethical Framework for Library Publishing

Table of Contents

Accessibility Case Studies for Scholarly Communication Librarians and Practitioners
A Short Guide to Ethical Editing for New Editors
COPE Guidelines Version 3 (2019)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Scholarly Communication
The Office of Scholarly Communication at the University of California seeks to provide resources to help the academic publishing community navigate the complexities of an ever-evolving landscape for sharing and publishing scholarly research.