<![CDATA[Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible.]]>Dear researchers,
I am sick of and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible.

Can you suggest good journals in the following topics / fields (society journals welcome):

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Please so I can reach other academics.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/e532707c-54b8-472c-98db-44e5ecc1f3f3/dear-researchers-i-am-sick-of-elsevier-and-their-antics-ridiculous-apcs-inaccessible-articles-unauthorised-data-mininig-etc.-and-want-to-avoid-publishing-with-them-as-much-as-possible.RSS for NodeThu, 25 Jun 2026 18:10:26 GMTSun, 14 Jun 2026 08:53:58 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:26:35 GMT]]>@SRLevine You know funnily, I've had quite a bad experience with PLOS (One). I hope PLOS Biology is better.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ajayiyer/statuses/116750338970683629https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ajayiyer/statuses/116750338970683629Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:26:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:54:54 GMT]]>@ajayiyer what @darisan says! 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://openbiblio.social/users/v_i_o_l_a/statuses/116749978489021612https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://openbiblio.social/users/v_i_o_l_a/statuses/116749978489021612Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:54:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:25:01 GMT]]>@ajayiyer

Try the Directory of Open Access Journals https://doaj.org The majority do *not* charge APCs. You can filter using different criteria.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/colinrbeas/statuses/116749389129893260https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/colinrbeas/statuses/116749389129893260Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:25:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:29:47 GMT]]>@ajayiyer you could look into https://stacksjournal.org

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://stranger.social/users/Wisel/statuses/116749171932920758https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://stranger.social/users/Wisel/statuses/116749171932920758Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:29:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:54:42 GMT]]>@ajayiyer Marine or freshwater? Limnology and Oceanography (journal of Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography) does both. https://www.aslo.org/limnology-and-oceanography/

Freshwater Science (journal of Society for Freshwater Science) if just freshwater. https://www.freshwater-science.org/Journal/about-fws/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/hydropsyche/statuses/116749033968032286https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/hydropsyche/statuses/116749033968032286Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:54:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:34:03 GMT]]>@ajayiyer

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I don't know if this fits your criteria, but this is a well respected journal in mol bio
https://www.molbiolcell.org/

2
why on earth are you asking here ?
ask your colleagues ?
ask on bluesky ?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/failedLyndonLaRouchite/statuses/116748952786266832https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/failedLyndonLaRouchite/statuses/116748952786266832Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:34:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:32:26 GMT]]>@kskehu @ajayiyer

afaik, springer is not ok
🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/failedLyndonLaRouchite/statuses/116748946435200798https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/failedLyndonLaRouchite/statuses/116748946435200798Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:32:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:29:49 GMT]]>@ajayiyer

elife is interesting and they accept publish a lot of different types of papers

they have an open book review process last i checked, where you can see who the reviewers are, what their comments were, researchers' replies, etc.

https://elifesciences.org/browse

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/rustoleumlove/statuses/116748936104208571https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/rustoleumlove/statuses/116748936104208571Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:29:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:28:32 GMT]]>@ajayiyer PLOS Biology, Biology Open (from the Company of Biologists), eLife

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://neuromatch.social/users/SRLevine/statuses/116748931072385657https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://neuromatch.social/users/SRLevine/statuses/116748931072385657Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:28:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:11:13 GMT]]>@ajayiyer
Oh, and I can totally recommend PCI (Peer Community In) to avoid greedy publishers! Maybe there is a PCI that covers your research topics?

https://peercommunityin.org/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/KorinnaAllhoff/statuses/116748863012454065https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/KorinnaAllhoff/statuses/116748863012454065Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:11:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:07:26 GMT]]>@ajayiyer
Probably not exactly your field, unfortunately, but for and there is the DAFNEE database of friendly journals! Maybe you could build something similar for your field?

https://dafnee.isem-evolution.fr/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/KorinnaAllhoff/statuses/116748848087122973https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ecoevo.social/users/KorinnaAllhoff/statuses/116748848087122973Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:07:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:45:03 GMT]]>@nyhan That is such a cool study. I have previously looked at this resource: https://zenodo.org/records/4553103

for diamond access journals in my field, but to no avail.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ajayiyer/statuses/116748524129137133https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ajayiyer/statuses/116748524129137133Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:45:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:06:21 GMT]]>@ajayiyer if Springer is okay, maybe Hydrobiologia?

https://link.springer.com/journal/10750

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/kskehu/statuses/116748372007916024https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mementomori.social/users/kskehu/statuses/116748372007916024Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:06:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:40:29 GMT]]>@ajayiyer The Royal Society of Chemistry have a few for 2 and 4, but which one depends on your specifics!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/EdtheChem/statuses/116748270242206386https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mas.to/users/EdtheChem/statuses/116748270242206386Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:40:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:13:36 GMT]]>@ajayiyer BISON might help: https://service.tib.eu/bison/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://openbiblio.social/users/darisan/statuses/116748164561917038https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://openbiblio.social/users/darisan/statuses/116748164561917038Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:13:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:28:14 GMT]]>@ajayiyer
Also relevant to your interests
https://zenodo.org/records/13886473

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/nyhan/statuses/116747986179715197https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/nyhan/statuses/116747986179715197Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:28:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:24:11 GMT]]>@ajayiyer
Their journal filter also has a tool to retrieve papers from diamond journals only (neither the reader nor the author pays)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/nyhan/statuses/116747970243951550https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/nyhan/statuses/116747970243951550Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:24:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:22:48 GMT]]>@ajayiyer
In the Lens, you can query for a topic, then use the filters to remove articles from publishers you want to avoid, as I have done here: https://www.lens.org/lens/search/scholar/list?q=field_of_study:%22Sustainability%22&p=0&n=10&s=_score&d=%2B&f=false&e=false&l=en&authorField=author&dateFilterField=publishedYear&orderBy=%2B_score&presentation=false&preview=true&stemmed=true&useAuthorId=false&publicationType.must=journal%20article&publisher.mustNot=Elsevier%20BV&publishedYear.from=2020&publishedYear.to=2026
After that, you can go to the Journal filter to see the relative prevalence of different journals that remain in your search results set.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/nyhan/statuses/116747964833430342https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fediscience.org/users/nyhan/statuses/116747964833430342Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:22:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Dear researchers,I am sick of #Elsevier and their antics (ridiculous APCs, inaccessible articles, unauthorised data-mininig, etc.) and want to avoid publishing with them as much as possible. on Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:15:27 GMT]]>@ajayiyer my view is that institutions should publish their own research online, with a managed forum below for comment. I know why it came about, but using journal impact factor as a surrogate for the value or importance of a publication has always been inadequate and has encouraged back channels and favoritism. Institutions have a good incentive to maintain ethical and publication standards because it affects their reputation

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116029517158538135/statuses/116747935849571396https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116029517158538135/statuses/116747935849571396Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:15:27 GMT