Open access publication is very fruitful for getting the citation, hence all of scholars prefer open access publication but publication fees of some publishers is very high. So open access journal no publication fee is highly desired by the scholars but getting such publication is totally depends on journal, editor and reviewers. Chance of acceptance of such journals is very low, hence publication rate of such journal is low with high level of screening in content, results, discussion genuinely, etc. Screening of free journals is done by reviewers who do not have direct interest apart from research so review time of such publication is high. Many of researchers who recently starts his work has work hard to write paper and submit paper in such journal make them in dilemma of acceptance with no direct acceptance or rejection status. So author has to do follow few steps before submission of research article tot the journal.
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Find journals that has archives with full article access, many of journals provide abstract content visible to all but provide no access to read articles. Some of journals redirect to the subscription of the journal for reading the article. Any of journal who do not allow for complete access to read is not open access journal.
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After getting journal having full article access find the article processing fees page on the website as this is the page where fees mention clearly about the publication charges. Some of journals write same thing in author instruction, publication steps, etc. So be sure before submission of paper, as many of journals hide this valuable information.
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Some of journal clearly mention on the website that they do not charge for publication but they charge for pages, authors count, color, etc.
Author is further advice to keep patience for the publication once done with the journal. Free publication takes high time for publication as compared to journals who takes money. Review process of these free and open access journal is high. Young scholar takes publication start with the open access journals who have high impact factor, for the same if journal charges then it worth for your time. Always show the journal to other who are big bull in your network. Scholar can consult with the journal publication about review time, processing fees, formatting, etc. This help to reduce the overall publication time.