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Library services and resources in support of DUT research

DHET Accredited Journals

2024 Accredited Journals List:

These are journal titles that produce recognised research output which meet specific criteria and therefore qualify for subsidisation by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). In order to receive a subsidy or recognition for an article or conference paper which you have written, choose a journal that appears in the list. The file includes the:

 

Where to publish?

Identifying a suitable journal in which to publish can be difficult.

To assist you, some publishers have developed online tools to identify potential journals. Copy your title and abstract into the journal finders below to find suitable journal titles.

 For Nursing research the this list is helpful:

For Southern journals it is worthwhile consulting the following resource

And for other publishers and journals, their websites need to be consulted to find similar information. Once you have identified journals, you will need to consult the DHET list of accredited journals to make sure that the journal is on the list.

Open Access Journals

Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. The two main ways for delivering OA research, are OA journals  and OA repositories. There are a vast number of open access journals available through popular OA platforms like BiomedCentral, DOAJ (Directory of Open access journals) and Arxiv.

Durban University of Technology has its own Institutional Repository (IR) consisting of theses, dissertations and research publications. In terms of the DUT IR policy, it is mandatory for all theses, dissertations and research publications to be added to the IR.

If you want to know more about Open Access, take a look at the UNESCO Open Access for Researchers.

Open Access Publishing

Transformative or Read & Publish agreements are agreements between publishers and institutions. These benefit researchers in that they do not incur publishing charges known as Author Publishing Charges (APCs).  Click here for more details .

Predatory Journals

Predatory or rogue journals are open access publications which publish scholarly work without engaging in proper scholarly publishing practices. Researchers must avoid publishing in these journals.

Some resources which can help to identify predatory journals and publishers are:

*  Beall's List of rogue and predatory scholarly open-access publishers is available online at Beall's List (archived copy which is not updated).

*  The Stop Predatory Journals website has rebuilt and resurrected the work of Beall’s list. Check the lists of journals and publishers at this website; and submit journals for inclusion on the list.

*  The MIAR (Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals) 2020 version offers key data for the identification and analysis of journals; and can assist researchers in determining the credentials of these scholarly publications.

*  This article on The extent of South African authored articles in predatory journals (Mouton & Valentine 2017) will be helpful for South African researchers. It provides a useful comparison of the publishing practices of scholarly and predatory journals. It also provides examples of "hijacked" journals.

* How to spot predatory academic journals in the wild

Useful for Publishing

The Elsevier Researcher Academy, is a free and open online training platform which offers:

  • online lectures
  • interactive training courses
  • webinars
  • professional advice from experts
  • useful resources such as guides, crib sheets, articles, blogs and more

Other helpfull sources to consult are:

 *  ! Think  ✓Check  >Submit

 *  The Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (June 2015)