Following fields are empty!
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.
Quantitative Plant Biology
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
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.Quantitative Science Studies
Quantitative Science Studies is the official open access journal of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI). It will publish theoretical and empirical research on science and the scientific workforce. Emphasis will be placed on studies that provide insight into the system of science, general laws of scientific work, scholarly communication, science indicators, science policy, and the scientific workforce.
Submissions are encouraged from a range of disciplinary orientations, as long as science remains the object of inquiry. Science is defined broadly as systematic inquiry that contributes to knowledge generation. Empirical studies of the humanities and social sciences are considered within scope. Studies that propose or test novel methodological approaches will also be considered. Applications of preexisting methods to a given domain will be considered only if they present novel contributions to the understanding of science.
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Quantitative and Computational Methods in Behavioral Sciences
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Quantrade Journal of Complex Systems in Social Sciences
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Quantum Beam Science
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Institutional Agreement
Lancaster University has signed an agreement where corresponding authors at Lancaster University can receive 20% discount on article processing charges for MDPI's fully open access journals. Only one discount through an IOAP scheme is permitted per paper and any discount offered by the editorial office is inclusive of the IOAP discount (e.g., discount vouchers, or waivers). The IOAP discount can be combined with reviewer vouchers, but cannot be stacked with a society membership discount. Currently the library can approve UKRI funded papers only (where 30% discount should be applied).Quantum Economics and Finance
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
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.Quantum Engineering
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
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.Quantum Frontiers
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Quantum Information & Computation
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Quantum Information Processing
Quantum Information Processing is an international forum for the publication of high-quality, peer-reviewed original papers, review articles, letters (or short communications), commentary, and electronic rapid communications on all aspects, theoretical and experimental, of quantum information processing.Coverage includes such topics as Quantum Computation; Quantum Communication; Quantum Information Theory; Quantum Control; Computation Device Physics; and Applications of QIP Ideas to other Disciplines.
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Institutional Agreement
Lancaster University has signed a Read and Publish agreement which provides unlimited open access publishing for corresponding authors at Lancaster University for the following types of outputs: Original Paper; Review Paper; Brief Communication; and Continuing Education. A CC BY licence must be chosen.Quantum Machine Intelligence
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Institutional Agreement
Lancaster University has signed a Read and Publish agreement which provides unlimited open access publishing for corresponding authors at Lancaster University for the following types of outputs: Original Paper; Review Paper; Brief Communication; and Continuing Education. A CC BY licence must be chosen.Quantum Reports
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Institutional Agreement
Lancaster University has signed an agreement where corresponding authors at Lancaster University can receive 20% discount on article processing charges for MDPI's fully open access journals. Only one discount through an IOAP scheme is permitted per paper and any discount offered by the editorial office is inclusive of the IOAP discount (e.g., discount vouchers, or waivers). The IOAP discount can be combined with reviewer vouchers, but cannot be stacked with a society membership discount. Currently the library can approve UKRI funded papers only (where 30% discount should be applied).Quantum Review Letters
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Quantum Science and Technology
A multidisciplinary, high impact journal devoted to publishing research of the highest quality and significance covering the science and application of all quantum-enabled technologies.
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
List Price
Your Estimated Price (100% Discount)
Institutional Agreement
Lancaster University has signed a Read and Publish agreement (until 31 December 2026) which provides unlimited open access publishing for corresponding authors at Lancaster University for research paper, special issue, letter and review article types. A CC BY licence must be chosen.Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Institutional Agreement
Lancaster University has signed a Read and Publish agreement which provides unlimited open access publishing for corresponding authors at Lancaster University for the following types of outputs: Original Paper; Review Paper; Brief Communication; and Continuing Education. A CC BY licence must be chosen.Quantum Teknika
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Quantum Topology
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Quantum: the open journal for quantum science
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Quart.
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.
Unfortunately, this journal has no Plan-S compliant options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Quarterly Horse
Compliant Options - Provided by Journal Checker Tool
Go ahead and submit. Remember to select a CC BY licence to ensure compliance.
Select the open access publishing option with a CC BY license to ensure compliance.
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.