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What are the best open access journals out there? Are there any that have particularly bad reputations to avoid? Thanks.
Different fields do things entirely differently, and short of publishing in Nature journals are very specific to their fields.
https://waltcrawford.name/goaj3.pdf
More writing here:
https://waltcrawford.name/goaj.html
I'm not sure that's exactly helpful for what you're asking about, but it's a good read for anyone interested in this area.
You need to specify your field. What's your article about? Different fields do things entirely differently, and short of publishing in Nature journals are very specific to their fields.
I'm not really sure what field I'm targeting, so I was hoping people would note their favorite open access journals and I could investigate (and I also thought a more generic list would be generally interesting to all the HN folk).
Be aware that they are slightly different than other publications and have some special requirements (for example, I believe that your paper should have some interactive diagrams if possible).
I see plenty of unaffiliated submissions on Arxiv. Why not just post it there and distribute the url? My one suggestion would be to read the target style guide of the academic journals you'd like to be in (such as Nature). And hew as near as polished for your own paper before submitting.
If you are into AI/ML, I believe that https://distill.pub/ allows you to submit papers as a non-academic. Be aware that they are slightly different than other publications and have some special requirements (for example, I believe that your paper should have some interactive diagrams if possible).