Scholarly Publishing at UNZA

UNZA Library supports faculty and postgraduate students in navigating the scholarly publishing landscape — from selecting appropriate journals to understanding open access, copyright, and research impact.

Choosing Where to Publish

• Use journal finder tools (Elsevier Journal Finder, Springer Journal Suggester) to match your manuscript to suitable titles
• Check journal impact factors and Scopus/Web of Science indexing for your discipline
• Verify publisher credibility — avoid predatory journals that charge fees without proper peer review
• Consider African and regional journals for research with local relevance (e.g. via AJOL)

Open Access Options

Open access increases the visibility and citation of your work. Options include:

• Gold OA — Publish in an open access journal (may involve article processing charges)
• Green OA — Self-archive your accepted manuscript in UNZA-IR after any publisher embargo
• Hybrid journals — Pay an APC to make an individual article open in a subscription journal

Author Rights & ORCID

Read publisher copyright agreements carefully. You may be able to retain rights to self-archive or reuse your work in teaching. Register for an ORCID iD (orcid.org) to ensure your publications are correctly attributed across systems.

Thesis & Dissertation Submission

Postgraduate students must submit their approved thesis to the Graduate School and the library for deposit in UNZA-IR. Embargoes of up to two years may be requested for commercially sensitive or publishable content. See the Graduate School handbook for formatting requirements.

Questions about publishing? Email publishing@unza.zm or book a consultation through Contact Us.