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Open Access<\/h2>
Doesn’t open access make plagiarism easier?<\/summary>
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In fact, the opposite is true. Free online access makes it easier to recognize plagiarism. Plagiarism software is based on this principle. For this reason, open access is the most effective strategy for combating plagiarism.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/details><\/div>

Are there any options for dividends, if I publish my dissertation Open Access?<\/summary>
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For all OPEN FAU dissertation publications available in digital-only format there is an indexing & abstracting contract with ProQuest (PQDT). FAU doctoral students are eligible for a royalty from these based on sales and use of their dissertation, provided they contact disspub@proquest.com<\/a> and set up an account. Royalty rates are currently set at 10% of net income. See here (https:\/\/opus4.kobv.de\/opus4-fau\/home\/index\/help#rulesfordiss<\/a>), Section \u201eProQuest Dissertations and Theses (PQDT)\u201c.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In addition authors can register documents they publish in OPEN FAU for dividends with the registry portal T.O.M from VG WORT https:\/\/tom.vgwort.de\/portal\/index<\/a>. See here (https:\/\/open.fau.de\/info\/faq\/vgwort<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/details><\/div>

Do all open access journals use a peer review procedure?<\/summary>
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High-quality open access journals are always peer reviewed. Funding from FAU’s open access publishing fund is only awarded for articles in high-quality open access journals.
Information about the selection of reviewers is available, for example, at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/www.biomedcentral.com\/about\/peerreview<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

http:\/\/publications.copernicus.org\/services\/public_peer_review.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/details><\/div>

Are my publications secure on open access publishers‘ servers? After all, there are no printed copies for libraries to archive.<\/summary>
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BioMed Central and PLOS archive articles for the long term, beyond the lifetime of specific journals. The University Library also permanently archives all articles which have received funding in OPEN FAU<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/details><\/div>

Aren’t open access publishers niche publishers that don’t publish much?<\/summary>
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No. As of 2016, Public Library of Science had published over 200,000 articles. BioMed Central \u2013 nowadays part of Springer Nature Publishing Group \u2013 publishes more than 290 renowned open access journals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the well-known open access publishers, large international publishers and specialist associations are establishing their own open access journals. These include the following publishers: Elsevier, Wiley-Blackwell, Sage, Royal Society Publishing, Taylor & Francis and American Physical Society.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/details><\/div>

Why should I choose open access publishing?<\/summary>
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Your articles will reach a wider audience and be disseminated more efficiently. Open access results in quicker publication, greater visibility, and increased citations. For details on even more benefits, see http:\/\/open-access.net\/de_en\/general_information\/pros_and_cons_of_open_access\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/details><\/div>

What are the impact factors of open access journals?<\/summary>
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The impact factors can be found in the Journal Citation Reports\u00ae database from Thomson Reuters in the same way as traditional journals. Most open access journals are now evaluated by Thomson Reuters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Open access journals and publishers often advertise their impact factors on their websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The impact factors of the publisher Springer are available here: http:\/\/www.springer.com\/gp\/impact-factor-2015.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/details><\/div>

Which publishers are considered predatory publishers?<\/summary>
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See https:\/\/ub.fau.de\/en\/research\/open-access\/predatory-open-access-publishers\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/details><\/div>

Which editing system would be best for publishing my open-access journal?<\/summary>
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The free open source software Open Journal Systems (OJS<\/a>) assists with each stage of the process of producing open access journals. OJS was developed by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and published under a GNU General Public License. The software allows you to manage rights, choose layout options and set different roles (reader, author, editor, proof-reader, web designer, reviewer), and has an OAI-PMH interface to distribute article metadata in search engines and (library) catalogues. In addition to the local installation and administration, you can also have your journal hosted for a fee (from USD 850 per journal title and year as of 1 July 2015).<\/p>\n\n\n\n