Information For Librarians
01. Collection development & access model
We encourage research librarians to include Nexus Open Research in their library's electronic journal holdings, discovery layer, and subject-area A-to-Z lists. Adding this journal to your holdings costs nothing and carries no licensing obligations.
Nexus Open Research operates on a gold open access model: all content is free to read immediately upon publication, without subscription or embargo. Authors pay an article processing charge (APC) to cover publication costs; no reader-side fees apply. There are no tiered access levels and no institutional authentication requirements. Every article, peer review report, and supplementary dataset is freely accessible to anyone with an internet connection, permanently and unconditionally.
- No subscription or licence fee. Adding this journal to your holdings does not trigger any contractual or financial commitment. No invoice will follow.
- Immediate open access. Articles are published under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY 4.0). There is no period during which access is restricted to subscribing institutions.
- Perpetual access rights. Because all content is open access from the point of publication, there are no perpetual access clauses to negotiate and no post-cancellation access issues to manage.
- No COUNTER reporting dependency. Usage statistics are available on request directly from the editorial office; COUNTER-compliant reporting infrastructure is not in place for this journal at this time.
02 Journal identifiers & bibliographic data
The following data are provided to support cataloguing, electronic resource management, and knowledge base activation.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Full journal title | Nexus Open Research |
| ISSN (online) | XXXX-XXXX |
| DOI prefix | 10.XXXXX |
| Publisher | Nexus Open Research Editorial Office |
| Publication model | Continuous publication (no fixed issue volumes) |
| Access model | Open access — no subscription |
| Licence | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) |
| Peer review model | Post-publication open peer review (signed, published reports) |
| Platform | Open Journal Systems (OJS), Public Knowledge Project |
| Journal home URL | https://nexusopenresearch.org |
A full MARC 21 cataloguing record and KBART title list are available from the editorial office on request. All article-level DOIs are registered with Crossref and resolve permanently regardless of any future platform changes.
03 Metadata harvesting & discovery layer integration
This journal supports the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) version 2.0. Metadata for all published articles is exposed in Dublin Core format and is freely harvestable without authentication.
Integrating this journal into your discovery layer or institutional repository is straightforward using the OAI-PMH endpoint below. The endpoint is updated continuously as new articles are published.
OAI-PMH base URL: https://nexusopenresearch.org/oai Example requests: Identify: https://nexusopenresearch.org/oai?verb=Identify List records: https://nexusopenresearch.org/oai?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=oai_dc List sets: https://nexusopenresearch.org/oai?verb=ListSets
| Metadata element | Notes for system administrators |
|---|---|
| Format | Dublin Core (oai_dc), compliant with OAI-PMH v2.0 |
| Article DOI | Included as dc:identifier in every record; registered with Crossref |
| Author ORCID iDs | Included where authors have linked their iD at submission; exposed as dc:creator with ORCID URI |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 URI included as dc:rights in every record |
| Subject classification | Author-assigned keywords and editorial subject areas included as dc:subject |
| Full-text link | Direct link to HTML and PDF galleys included as dc:relation |
| Update frequency | Records are available for harvesting within 24 hours of article publication |
Versioned articles. When an author submits a revised version of a published article, the OAI-PMH record is updated to reflect the latest version. The dc:date field reflects the date of the most recent version. Discovery systems should be configured to re-harvest periodically and update cached records accordingly. All prior versions remain accessible on the article page via the version history panel.
04. Indexing & abstracting coverage
Articles published in Nexus Open Research are indexed in Google Scholar. Librarians may use this information to advise researchers on discoverability and to assess the journal's standing for promotion, tenure, and grant-reporting purposes.
05 Digital preservation & long-term access
Nexus Open Research is committed to the permanent availability of all published content, including peer review reports, supplementary files, and all prior article versions. The following preservation arrangements are in place.
| Preservation service | Type | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) | Distributed dark archive | All published articles preserved via the LOCKSS framework; automatically updated as new content is published. |
| CLOCKSS | Controlled dark archive | Triggered access in the event of journal discontinuation. Content released to the community under CC BY if the journal ceases operation. |
| Internet Archive | Web archive | Journal website regularly crawled; all article HTML and PDF versions archived independently of platform continuity. |
All article DOIs are registered with Crossref and resolve to the current platform URL. In the event of a platform migration, DOI resolution will be updated to point to the new location without interruption. The editorial office maintains a continuity plan that includes the export of all content in JATS XML format.
- No post-cancellation access issues. Because the journal is fully open access and has no subscription model, there are no perpetual access rights to negotiate and no post-cancellation access gaps to manage.
- Content export available. Institutional repositories wishing to self-archive the full text of articles published by their affiliated researchers may do so freely under the CC BY licence. No embargo applies and no permission request is required.
- Green open access compatible. Authors may deposit accepted or published versions in any institutional or subject repository without restriction. The journal actively encourages this practice.
06 Explaining the publishing model to your patrons
The post-publication open peer review model used by this journal differs substantially from conventional journal workflows. Patrons unfamiliar with this model may misinterpret what they see on an article page. The guidance below is designed to help you brief researchers, students, and faculty accurately.
What patrons may find unexpected
| What the patron sees | How to explain it |
|---|---|
| An article with no peer review reports yet | The article has passed in-house editorial checks and been accepted for publication. It is awaiting external reviewers, who are assigned after publication. Check back on the article page for reports as they appear. |
| A report marked Not Approved | This is not a retraction. The reviewer has identified concerns, which are now part of the public scientific record. The article remains valid to cite — readers should read the report and any author response before drawing conclusions from the findings. |
| Multiple versions of the same article | Authors may revise their article at any point after publication. All versions are citable and retained. Patrons should confirm which version they are reading and cite accordingly, including the version number and date. |
| Reviewer names are visible | This journal does not use anonymous peer review. Reviewer identities are disclosed, their reports are signed, and each report is linked to the reviewer's ORCID profile. This is by design. |
| Peer review reports with a DOI | Reviewer reports are treated as citable scholarly outputs in their own right. Each carries a DOI and can be cited independently. Patrons wishing to cite a reviewer's analysis of a paper should use the report DOI, not the article DOI. |
For information literacy instruction. This journal's model provides an unusually transparent view of the peer review process and is well suited to teaching critical appraisal skills. Students can observe how expert reviewers evaluate methodology, interpret data, and reach different conclusions — and how authors respond. The full review thread is visible without institutional access.
Suggested patron-facing language
If you need a brief, plain-language description of this journal for a library guide or subject page, you may use or adapt the following:
Nexus Open Research is a gold open-access multidisciplinary journal: all content is free to read. Unlike conventional journals, articles are published first — after rigorous editorial checks — and then reviewed openly by named experts. All reviewer reports and author responses appear on the article page alongside the published article. There are no subscription fees for readers.
07 Contact & support
The editorial office welcomes enquiries from librarians on all matters related to collection development, technical integration, cataloguing, and patron support.
Editorial Office — Librarian Enquiries
Email: contact@nexusopenresearch.org
Response time: We aim to respond to librarian enquiries within five working days.
Available on request: MARC 21 cataloguing record · KBART title list · Usage statistics · OAI-PMH technical documentation · Institutional open access policy compliance letters
- Open access policy compliance. We can issue a signed letter confirming that this journal complies with major funder open access mandates (Plan S, NIH, Wellcome Trust, UKRI) on request.
- Transformative agreement enquiries. As a diamond open access journal, Nexus Open Research is not party to transformative agreements with subscription publishers. Authors at any institution may publish without charge regardless of any read-and-publish agreements held by their library.
- Institutional repository support. We encourage institutions to self-archive published articles. Preprint, accepted manuscript, and published PDF versions may all be deposited freely under CC BY 4.0 without embargo.
