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Welcome to the Journal Guide
If you are a researcher from Lancaster University you can search for your favourite journals or filter to get to a selection of journals that match your research topic. Select a funder to see whether the journals are compliant. Check the filter ‘Journals with Agreements’ to limit the list to journals for which the APCs are fully waived (i.e. included in our Read and Publish agreements) or discounted. If a cost is shown then click ‘Check & Apply’ to see if the Open Access team can cover costs.
Journal of Life Economics
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Journal of Life Science and Biomedicine
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Journal of Life Sciences
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Journal of Light Metals
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Journal of Limb Lengthening & Reconstruction
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Journal of Limnology
is now available at the new website: http://www.jlimnol.
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Journal of Limnology and Freshwater Fisheries Research
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Journal of Linguistic Anthropology
The Journal of Linguistic Anthropology (JLA), a publication of the Society for Linguistic Anthropology (SLA), publishes articles on the anthropological study of language, including analysis of discourse, language in society, language and cognition, and language acquisition of socialization.
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Institutional Agreement
Lancaster University has signed a Read and Publish agreement with Wiley which provides unlimited open access publishing for corresponding authors at Lancaster University. A CC BY licence must be chosen. Your article must be primary research or a review article. Other article types e.g. letters, editorials etc. are excluded from this agreement.Journal of Linguistic Geography
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Institutional Agreement
Lancaster University Library has entered into a Jisc/CUP Open Access Read and Publish agreement (until 31 December 2026) which includes open access publication charges (whether your paper is UKRI funded or not). Articles must be original research - eligible article types are research articles, review articles and rapid communications. A CC BY licence must be chosen.Journal of Linguistics
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Institutional Agreement
Lancaster University Library has entered into a Jisc/CUP Open Access Read and Publish agreement (until 31 December 2026) which includes open access publication charges (whether your paper is UKRI funded or not). Articles must be original research - eligible article types are research articles, review articles and rapid communications. A CC BY licence must be chosen.Journal of Linguistics
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Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
Your funder’s grant conditions set out how you can retain sufficient rights to self-archive the Author Accepted Manuscript in any OA repository. Publishing fees do not apply with this route.
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Journal of Linguistics Research
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Journal of Lipid Mediators and Cell Signalling
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Journal of Lipid Research
The Journal of Lipid Research (JLR) focuses on the science of lipids in health and disease. The Journal emphasizes lipid function and the biochemical and genetic regulation of lipid metabolism. In addition, JLR publishes manuscripts on patient-oriented and epidemiological research relating to altered lipid metabolism, including modification of dietary lipids. The JLR aims to be on the forefront of the emerging areas of genomics, proteomics, and lipidomics as they relate to lipid metabolism and function.The JLR covers biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, structural biology, genetics, genomics, immunology, metabolism, nutrition and clinical science as they relate to lipids.
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Journal of Lipid and Atherosclerosis
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Journal of Lipids
Journal of Lipids is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles related to all aspects of lipids.
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Journal of Liposome Research
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Institutional Agreement
Lancaster University has signed a Read and Publish agreement which provides unlimited open access publishing for corresponding authors at Lancaster University. A CC BY licence must be chosen.Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies
The Journal of Liquid Chromatography & Related Technologies is an internationally acclaimed forum for fast publication of critical, peer reviewed manuscripts dealing with analytical, preparative and process scale liquid chromatography and all of its related technologies, including TLC, capillary electrophoresis, capillary electrochromatography, supercritical fluid chromatography and extraction, field-flow technologies, affinity, and much more. New separation methodologies are added when they are developed. Papers dealing with research and development results, as well as critical reviews of important technologies, are published in the Journal.
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Lancaster University has signed a Read and Publish agreement which provides unlimited open access publishing for corresponding authors at Lancaster University. A CC BY licence must be chosen.Journal of Literacy Research
The Journal of Literacy Research (JLR) is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that publishes research related to literacy, language, and literacy and language education from preschool through adulthood. JLR publishes research and scholarly papers, including original research, critical reviews of research, conceptual analyses, and theoretical essays. Article abstracts are made available in 7 languages (English, Spanish, French, German, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese).
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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Lancaster University has signed a Read and Publish agreement which provides unlimited open access publishing for corresponding authors at Lancaster University. A CC BY licence must be chosen.Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies
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Following acceptance, please deposit your author accepted manuscript in a repository without embargo.
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