- Publish in an Open Access journal (free or with a cost)
- Deposit a peer-reviewed version of your work in Scholarship@UWindsor (free)
Publish in an Open Access journal
The academic publishing model is increasingly incorporating Open Access options. Journals may be fully Open Access (Gold OA), making all articles freely available to readers. Other subscription-based journals offer a hybrid Open Access option, allowing authors to make individual articles Open Access, typically upon payment of an Article Processing Charge (APC). Learn more about Open Access publishing pathways, including Green, Gold, Hybrid, and Diamond Open Access.
Open Access journals with article publishing fees
Check out our license agreements with OA publishing rights, or learn more about this evolution of the academic journal business modelSome journal publishers, mainly commercial publishers (e.g., Elsevier, Wiley, Springer Nature), may require authors to pay an Article Processing Charge (APC) in order to publish in a Gold or Hybrid OA journal. This fee can range from hundreds to thousands of dollars, which can be charged to most research grants.
Leddy Library and other academic libraries are negotiating transformative agreements that include Open Access publishing rights in their subscription fees. This allows researchers to publish Open Access immediately without additional cost or with a discount, saving thousands of dollars in Article Processing Charges.
Open Access journals with no fees
The majority of Gold Open Access journals don't charge any Article Processing Charges (APC) or additional fees. These types of journals are referred to as Diamond Open Access, are more common from non-profit journal publishers such as societies, university presses, and academic libraries.
Search the Directory of Open Access Journals or try the B!SON tool to identify quality Open Access journals that do not charge an APC.Deposit in Scholarship@UWindsor
Learn more about our institutional repository, Scholarship@UWindsor.
Scholarship@UWindsor, the University of Windsor's institutional repository, helps researchers make their work openly accessible at no charge. Depositing your research in the repository increases its visibility, discoverability, and long-term preservation while supporting compliance with funder and institutional Open Access requirements.
For grants and Chair awards awarded on or after January 1, 2027, the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications (2026) requires peer-reviewed research articles to be made immediately and freely available through a Canadian institutional repository or trusted Canadian platform at the time of publication, with no embargo period and under an open licence. Depositing eligible publications in Scholarship@UWindsor can help researchers comply with these requirements while increasing the visibility and preservation of their work.
Researchers may publish in either an Open Access or subscription-based journal and, where permitted, deposit an eligible version of their article, such as an accepted manuscript or version of record where permitted, in the repository. Repository records are indexed by search engines and scholarly discovery services, increasing the visibility and accessibility of research outputs.
This approach is often referred to as Green Open Access. In addition to increasing access and discoverability, depositing in Scholarship@UWindsor supports compliance with funder and institutional Open Access requirements and helps ensure the long-term preservation of scholarly work.