Open Access Publishing: Elsevier

Open Access Publishing with Elsevier

Publishing in an Open Access journal with Elsevier does not affect the basics of the publication process. An authors must still submit their paper to a journal and it must still be accepted and pass editing and peer review. The difference comes when the article is submitted for publication. There are two variations with Open Access journals. One is for journals that use the pure Gold OA model (i.e. all articles within the journal use the OA access model). The others use the Hybrid model. In these journals, some articles are Open Access and some are closed access, at the author's choice.

We will be sharing detailed steps of the process for authors in the next few weeks.

Publishing Process

1. After your article is accepted, the corresponding author will recieve an email with a link to begin the process of requesting OA support
2. Click the "Rights and Access" form link
   
3. Corresponding author selects their affiliation details (Khalifa University)
   
4. Author adds any co-authors along with their affiliations
   
5. Optionally, the author may add Funder details
   
6. The author at this point can choose either Gold Open Access or Subscription.
   
7. If you choose Open Access, you will be prompted to select a CC license
   
8. Author then accepts the agreement and submits the application.
   
9. The KU administrators will be notified directly to pay the APC for the approved article.

Elsevier Author Training Workshop

The library will be hosting a presentation by Elsevier staff in the next few weeks. An exact date will be announced very soon.