Have a look at this link for information on Open Access and journal articles.
You need to ensure that the journal or conference to which you are sending your papers are legitimate.
Predatory publishers and conference organisers attract researchers via calls for papers, usually by email. However, their publishing practices do not follow the required standards for peer review and editing.
The following services can help you decide whether a publisher or conference organiser is legitimate:
Readers will be familiar with the widespread use of ISBNs (International Standard Book Numbers) which are assigned to almost all published books. In line with this practice, all University print-based publications should have an ISBN assigned to them prior to publication. This process is managed by the Library and largely extends to administering the allocation of ISBN numbers and maintaining documentation of our output.
Actual production of publications should be arranged by faculties and departments with USW Print & Design or external printers. Similarly, faculties and departments are responsible for marketing, distribution and, if necessary, sales of their publications.
When a new publication is about to go to print, please provide our Systems and Content Manager, Wayne Morris with the brief bibliographical details, i.e. author, title, publication date. A copy of the title page is usually sufficient. An ISBN which can be incorporated into the monograph will then be sent to you.
The ISBN should appear on the reverse of the title page, sometimes called the copyright page or the imprint page and on the outside back cover of the book. If the book has a dust jacket, the ISBN should also appear on the back of this. If the publication is not a book, the ISBN should appear on the product (tape/CD) and on the packaging or inlay card.
If you have not already done so, please insert the following Copyright and Moral Right statements on the reverse of the title page of your publication. By asserting your Moral Rights you are asserting your right to be identified as the author of this work.
This statement should appear as follows:
Copyright © University of South Wales, [year]
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means without written permission from the publishers.
[Author/s] has/have asserted his/her/their right to be identified as the author/s of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
It should be noted that we are legally bound to send copies of our publications to each of the following Legal Deposit Libraries:
In addition, we would like at least one copy for our University Library collections. For this reason, seven copies of each publication should be supplied to the Library for this purpose. Please address your copies to:
Systems and Content Manager
University of South Wales
Student Centre & Library
Room L230
Treforest
PONTYPRIDD
CF37 1DL
You can find out more about ISBNs from the ISBN Agency and legal deposit from the Agency for the Legal Deposit Libraries.