Research Guides: Field Biology: Open Access Journals

Directories of Open Access Journals

Science Direct open access Journals in Science Direct that either contain open access articles or are completely open access journals.
HighWire Free Online Full Text Articles HighWire has been affiliated with Stanford University since 1995. This alphabetical list is limited to journals published online with the assistance of HighWire Press. There are 29 sites with free trial periods, 107 completely free sites, and 280 sites with free back issues. Please be aware that 1373 sites have pay per view - check with the Research Librarians to see if we can find the article before you decide to pay for it.
Open Science Open Science is a peer-reviewed platform, the journals of which cover a wide range of academic disciplines and serve the world's research and scholarly communities. Upon acceptance, Open Science Journals will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.
Springer Open Journals SpringerOpen, includes Springer’s portfolio of 160+ peer-reviewed fully open access journals across all areas of science ranging from very specialized titles to SpringerPlus, our interdisciplinary open access journal that covers all disciplines. SpringerOpen journals and books are made freely and permanently available online immediately upon publication. They are subject to high-level peer review, author and production services ensuring quality and reliability of the work.

Biology Open Biology Open (BiO) is an online Open Access journal that publishes peer-reviewed original research across all aspects of the biological sciences. BiO aims to provide rapid publication for scientifically sound observations and valid conclusions, without a requirement for perceived impact.
Cogent Biology Cogent Biology is an affordable, multidisciplinary open access journal, publishing experimental, theoretical, applied and computational approaches across the breadth of the biological sciences. Bring your research to a global audience with rapid publication and quality peer review.
PLoS Journals A non-profit open access publishing project aimed at creating a library of open-access peer reviewed journals.
BioMed Central Online publisher of free peer-reviewed scientific articles in all areas of science, technology, medicine and biology.

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