{"id":4676,"date":"2024-10-25T09:33:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T09:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/?page_id=4676"},"modified":"2026-02-09T10:47:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T10:47:38","slug":"other-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/nso\/other-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Access Journals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4676\" class=\"elementor elementor-4676\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c716e72 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c716e72\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71b3f74d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"71b3f74d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-162870d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"162870d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Open Access Journals<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a5ffa9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a5ffa9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Open-access journals<\/span>\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">are\u00a0scholarly journals\u00a0that are available online to the reader \u201cwithout financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those of accessing the internet<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-799c3465 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"799c3465\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11651e58 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"11651e58\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-634c6aec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"634c6aec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f75e53a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f75e53a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benthamscience.com\/\">Open Access Journals<\/a><\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbae8a7 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dbae8a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"12\" height=\"172\" src=\"https:\/\/vut.ac.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Asset-1-8.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1756\" alt=\"\" title=\"Asset 1-8 \u2013 Vaal University of Technology\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11983575 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"11983575\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f441e33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f441e33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Open Access Journals are <a title=\"Scholarly journal\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scholarly_journal\">scholarly journals<\/a>\u00a0that are available online to the reader \u201cwithout financial, legal, or technical barriers other than those of accessing the internet. Some are subsidised, and some require payment on behalf of the author. Subsidised journals are financed by an\u00a0<a title=\"Academic institution\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Academic_institution\">academic institution<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Learned society\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Learned_society\">learned society<\/a>\u00a0or a government information center; those requiring payment are typically financed by money made available to researchers for the purpose from a public or private funding agency, as part of a\u00a0<a title=\"Research grant\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Research_grant\">research grant<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3ac0cb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f3ac0cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27255719 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27255719\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.benthamscience.com\/\">Bentham Open Access<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f91e94 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"9f91e94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-227b549 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"227b549\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bentham Open publish over 230 plus peer-reviewed open access journals. 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Bioline International\u2019s goal of reducing the South to North knowledge gap is crucial to a global understanding of health, biodiversity, the environment, conservation and international development. 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Encompassing many medical subjects in about 50 journals the site offers researchers full peer review, immediate publication and open access. Articles accepted for publication are indexed in PubMed and are fully searchable. There are no fees for authors or readers for this service. 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