Search for journals in channel register
Approved publication channels are indexed in the channel register of HK-dir. Here you can also search for Open Access journals or journals that are included in Nord's publishing agreements.
General instructions: How to search in the channel register of HK-dir
- Go to the search side for approved publication channels in the channel register of HK-dir.
- Switch to advanced search
- Under Bibliographic information: Select scientific field in NPI Scientific Field
- Scientific Level: Select "All" or "Approved, level 1" or "Approved, level 2"
- Under Open Access: Select
- "DOAJ: Indexed" to find pure Open Access (OA) journals
- "Publishing Agreement: Agreement" to find journals that are included in national OA publishing agreements
- or let the field be empty for both of them
- Click "Search"
On HK-dirs website you will find a detailed explanation of the various search fields.
- Go to the search side for approved publication channels in the channel register of HK-dir and switch to advanced search
- Choose a NPI scientific field and evtl. "Approved, level 1" or "Approved, level 2"
- Choose "Indexed" under DOAJ to search for pure OA journals. When a journal is registered in DOAJ, you can apply to Nord's OA Fund and potentially get the publishing fee covered.
- You will get up a list of results that matches the chosen criteria
- By clicking on one of the results you will get relevant information about the journal in question. This includes a link to the journal in DOAJ
- Go to the search side for approved publication channels in the channel register of HK-dir and switch to advanced search
- Choose a NPI scientific field and evtl. "Approved, level 1" or "Approved, level 2"
- Choose "Agreement" under Publishing Agreement to search for journals that are included in an OA publishing agreement.
- You will get up a list of results that matches the chosen criteria
- By clicking on one of the results you will get relevant information about the journal in question. This includes information about the journal being included in a publishing agreement.
- Click "Show [+]" to see if Nord University participates in the agreement. If Nord University participates, you will find detailed information on our website about OA publishing agreements. There you will also find the link to a title list for every publisher. Please note that there can be inaccuracies in the channel register; you should therefore always double check if your chosen journal is included in the title list!
- Please note: Publisher information is not always updated in the channel register. You might therefore experience that different publishers are stated under "bibliographic information" and the publishing agreement. In general, information about the publishing agreement is correct.