LibGuides: Transformative Agreement in Publishing: Accessing Journal Quality and Openness

Helpful Tools to Navigate the Open Access Landscape

DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals

DOAJ is a global directory of more than 19,000 open access journals. Refine your search by subject, peer review type, article processing fees, or available creative commons licenses.
Guide to Creative Commons for Scholarly Publications and Educational Resources

This brief guide differentiates between Creative Commons licenses and answers the questions a researcher is likely to face when considering derivatives, reuse, sharing, etc. when publishing articles, books, or chapters.
"How Open Is It?"

This is a concise visual guide from SPARC, PLoS, and OASPA, which spotlights the key factors when considering open access publication.
Journal Checker Tool

Here is a simple web tool from cOAlition S, which allows you to enter a Journal Title / ISSN + Your Funder + Your Institution to quickly determine whether that publication meets your funder's Open Access requirements, whether you use UTD's transformative agreements or not.
Think Check Submit: Journals

A coalition of notable leaders in open access provides a checklist for researchers to consider when evaluating a publisher credibility and journal quality.

Journal Citation Reports (JCR)

Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is a great tool to easily assess which academic journals have the highest impact factor and are cited most often in a given subject.