Appropriate version of the article
On the Open policy finder portal, which describes the open access policies of publishers and their journals, it is necessary to check which version of the article can be archived in the repository (institutional repository). The legislation prescribes open access to peer-reviewed publications, so e.g. "submitted version" is not appropriate.
To publish articles in open access, authors can use vouchers.
Authors should avoid publishing in predatory hijacked and fake journals.
- Unfair publishing practices in academic environment
- Odprte objave (information on various options for open publication of scientific works in scientific journals)
- Think. Check. Submit. (helps researchers identify trusted journals and publishers for publishing their research)
- Journal Evaluation Tool (set of criteria for assessing credibility of a scientific journal)
Some lists of predatory journals and publishers: