With the newly implemented hold on purchases, NOAA cannot currently pay for publishing fees. The NOAA Library offers the below methods for NOAA authors hoping to publish open access or who are currently in the publication process and have questions on how to make their publication open access during this hold. These options are always available to NOAA authors looking to publish open access.

Option 1. Publish via Wiley Journals

NOAA Library will cover your article processing charges for Gold or Hybrid publishing.

Explore journals on the Gold Open Access list here.

Explore journals on the Hybrid list here.

 

Read more on the Wiley deal, including eligibility here: Wiley Deal 1-Pager

Option 2. Publish via PLOS Climate

PLOS Climate is a peer-reviewed fully open access journal that provides a venue for all areas of climate research, with an emphasis on collaborative, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary work that improves global and regional understanding of climate phenomena and informs critical strategies for combating climate change. 

NOAA Library will cover your article processing charges for publishing within PLOS Climate. Please see this PLOS Climate Author Guide for more information and instructions on how to leverage this agreement.

Option 3: Publish via Technical Memorandum

Technical memorandums are published by NOAA through the NOAA Institutional Repository free of charge. The turnaround time from submission to publication is typically less than one month. All publications get a DOI for citing, sharing, and permanent reference from the Library.

How do you start a Tech Memo? Is there an existing series I should use? Contact: Jennifier.Fagan-Fry@noaa.gov 

Option 4: Publish via Green Open Access

Publish non-open access (behind the paywall) with your journal of choice and supply the approved, post-refereed manuscript to the NOAA Institutional Repository for immediate availability. This meets your open access and PARR requirements in one!

Option 5: Ask co-author institutions to cover costs

Confer with your co-authors from other institutions and see if those institutions are willing to cover the cost if you still wish to publish open access.

Contact the NOAA Library with your questions and concerns – we are here to assist you in navigating the complex nature of open access publishing: library.reference@noaa.gov Learn more: https://library.noaa.gov/openaccesspublishing