This on-demand course is part of the "Research Capability Development Program" of Osaka University's New Faculty Training Program. We welcome all interested faculty members as well as new faculty members to take this course.

This course consists of eight short videos, as below, which will show you the history and current situation of open access publishing. The topics include rising prices of ejournals, appearance of open access journals and hybrid journals, and problems of predatory or pseudo-journals. This course also gives you information on the support that Osaka University provides for open access publishing. (The videos are in Japanese only.)

1：Background and history of open access publishing 1: Serials crises
2：Background and history of open access publishing 2: Open access movement
3：How to publish open access
4：Open access publishing and APCs (article processing charges) 
5：Predatory or pseudo journals
6：Osaka University Open Access Policy
7：Open access publishing support provided by Osaka University 1: Support for Article Processing Charge
8：Open access publishing support provided by Osaka University 2：Osaka University Knowledge Archive, “OUKA” 

You can take the course anytime between June 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025

The course is provided online.
(Osaka University’s Classroom Support System)
Course ID：lc-2024-0017

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How-to-enroll-the-course.pdf