DHET ACCREDITED JOURNALS
DHET-List-of-Accredited-Journals_2025-2026.xls
DATABASES THAT INCLUDE ACCREDITED JOURNALS:
International Bibliography of the Social Sciences IBSS
SciELO South Africa (Scientific Electronic Library Online South Africa)
“A transformational agreement is when a consortium or institution enters into a partnership with a publisher to enable a large-scale transition towards open access. Transformational agreements allow researchers unlimited read access to a portfolio of journals, plus funding to cover article publication charges (APC) when choosing to publish open access” (Nel, 2023)
Reference
Nel, Marguerite. 2023. Acquainted and informed: strategies for communicating and implementing transformational agreements in the university community. Paper presented at the SANLIC 2023 pre-conference training workshop, 22 May. Available at: https://sanlic.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Marguerite-Nel_compressed.pdf#page=22.00 [Accessed 27 January 2025].
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