Identifying Predatory Publishers

Types of Open Access (OA) Journals

Hybrid—subscription journals that are supposed to offer free access to some articles for which extra, usually very high, fees have been paid.
Green—Self-Archiving: Option of an author self-archiving the manuscript version after a 12 month embargo period from publication
Gold—Assigns costs to the authors and not the library or reader
Platinum—OA journals with no fees for authors, libraries, or readers

Definition from Open Access Oxford: http://openaccess.ox.ac.uk/glossary/

Scholar Commons Open Access Journals
The USF Libraries supports platinum Open Access journals from various disciplines.

Links for Additional Information on OA Publishing

A Very Brief Introduction to Open Access, by Peter Suber
Peter Suber is one of the early experts and researchers of the world of OA. This link provides a very succinct definition of OA publishing.
Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers
The list, while useful, has not been updated since 2016.