1) Visibility and impact: Open research is available to anyone across the globe, at any time. Greater visibility can result in increased readership and citations of your research article. Both can help your career and funding prospects.
2) Make an impact beyond the institution: There’s increasing pressure on researchers to show the societal impact of their research. Open access can help your research reach new readers.
3) Wide public engagement: With open access, you’re free to share your research around the world with no restrictions or paywalls. Your work will be freely available to those who can’t access subscription content.
4) Increased citation and usage: When publishing open access, you will usually get a choice of Creative Commons licenses. Liberal licenses can offer more opportunities for research to be reused, allowing others to build on your work. Your research can have a greater impact if others are able to draw on it and then include parts of it in their own research. This can improve interdisciplinary conversation and they will of course have to credit your work.
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The Benefits at a Glance
How to choose a journal:
1) You are probably already familiar with various journals in your field from your research work. It’s worth taking a look at these first to see whether they might be a good fit.
2) In addition, do some searching within your library’s subscriptions and tools like Google Scholar to see which journals have published research on your subject area.
3) Another good way to identify the right shortlist of journals is to speak to knowledgeable people around you – colleagues, supervisors, and your institution’s librarians.
Some questions to ask...
Which journals do they read regularly?
Which ones do they believe are most respected?
Have they had good experiences publishing with particular journals?
And, of course, do they have ideas about which journals will suit your specific research field?
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