Ahead of Open Access (OA) Week, the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library is celebrating all things open!
Whether you’re looking to make your next paper open access, lower (or eliminate!) your article processing charges (APCs), choose a dataset license, or learn more about fair use, we’ve got you covered with a curated bundle of open access trainings, events, and activities for the week of October 21-27, 2024.
Attend a Workshop:
- October 22, 11:00 – 11:45 a.m.: Exploring PubMed Central: Finding Free Full-Text Literature, Advanced Search Strategies, and Recent Updates
- October 22, 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.: Open Access Office Hours
- October 23, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.: Navigating Open Access Publishing: A Brief Overview for Scholars
- October 23, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.: Open Access Office Hours
- October 24, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Discovering Data in PubMed & PubMed Central: Strategies for Successful Searches
- October 25, 10:00 – 10:45 a.m.: Exploring PubMed Central: Finding Free Full-Text Literature, Advanced Search Strategies, and Recent Updates
- October 25, 11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.: Unlock the Power of Sharing: Demystifying Data and Code Licensing
Head to our training calendar for even more programming. Plus, find more open access events hosted by the larger Yale Library system.
Explore Self-Guided Learning:
- Open Access Research Guide : Everything you want to know about the library’s philosophy of open access, how to get library support for open access publishing, and more.
- What is Scholarly Communication? This page includes information about open access, publishing considerations, journals with no APCs (more below!), and other FAQs.
Make Your Research Open – Potentially for Free!
Did you know? The library has negotiated agreements that allow Yale authors to publish without paying APCs (article processing charges) in more than 700 journals. Check out the list of 180 titles relevant to the medical campus. Learn about how these agreements have benefitted Yale researchers through the stories below:
“Thanks to Yale's agreements, we have had the opportunity to publish open access at no cost in peer-reviewed journals and share our research with more people worldwide." – Courtney Choy, MPH, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, who published 5 papers OA with Yale Library agreements
"In global health, making sure our findings are accessible to the communities in which we work is paramount. These open access agreements are transformative for community engagement and transparency." – Nicola Hawley, PhD, Associate Professor of Epidemiology, who published 7 papers OA with Yale Library agreements
"As an early-career researcher, publishing open access in PLOS Global Public Health through Yale's transformative agreement was invaluable. It removed financial barriers, made my work accessible to the research community, and encouraged me to further dig into my study field. This agreement is truly helpful for junior researchers to build their confidence and contribute more to science." – Bohao Wu, PhD, MBBS, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, who published “Global prevalence of preterm birth among Pacific Islanders” OA with Yale Library agreements
"Our lab has benefitted much from the agreement between Yale and PLOS that allows Yale researchers to publish Open Access articles for free. Through nine papers published in PLOS Genetics and PLOS Computational Biology since 2020, not only have we been able to get our work disseminated at these leading statistical genetics and computational biology journals, the open access has made our work available to a much larger audience without imposing fiscal burden on us, unlike other open access publications." – Hongyu Zhao, PhD, Ira V. Hiscock Professor of Biostatistics, Professor of Genetics and Professor of Statistics and Data Science, who published 9 papers OA with Yale Library agreements
Come back to this page throughout the rest of October as more opportunities and resources are added.