About the Journal Browser

The Journal Browser provides a list of more than 30,000 journals. It can be consulted by authors who wish to select a journal for publishing their manuscript Open Access. The information in this list is aggregated from several sources and updated on a regular basis:

• A list of journals for which the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) has made deals with publishers, to make articles Open Access. Under these deals, corresponding authors of Dutch universities can publish their articles Open Access in the participating journals with discounts on the article processing charges (APCs).
• A list of journals covered by the Journal Citation Reports.
• A list of journals covered by Scopus.
• Journals indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).
• Lists of journals for which specific Dutch universities have made deals with publishers, to make articles Open Access. Under these deals, corresponding authors of these universities can publish their articles Open Access in the participating journals with discounts on the article processing charges (APCs). Depending on the university from which the Journal Browser is consulted, this information is shown.
• Additional data on citations made to journals, in articles published by staff from a specific Dutch university, which are made available by that university. Depending on the university from which the Journal Browser is consulted, this information is shown.