New tool enables UC authors to look up journals covered by UC’s open access publishing agreements
The University of California (UC) has launched the Journal Open Access Lookup Tool (JOLT), a new service designed specifically for UC authors to easily determine if a journal qualifies under one of UC’s open access publishing agreements.
UC’s open access agreements provide financial support to authors for the payment of open access fees. By reducing the amount authors must pay when they choose to publish open access, these agreements make it easier and more affordable for authors to share their scholarship freely and openly with the world.
With JOLT, authors can search more than 10,000 journal titles to find out if a specific journal is covered by a UC agreement and the extent of available funding support. Additionally, JOLT search results provide links to an FAQ page that outlines the publisher agreement and its payment workflow details.
As of November 2024, UC has signed open access publishing agreements with 17 publishers that cover up to the full amount of the open access fees. Nearly half of all UC-authored articles are eligible for open access under these agreements.
JOLT was developed through a collaborative, multi-team effort from the California Digital Library.
To access JOLT, visit https://jolt.cdlib.org/ucsb.
More information
For more information about open access at UCSB, please contact UCSB Library's Scholarly Communication Support Team (openaccess@library.ucsb.edu) or visit the Library's open access webpages.
