Library Publishing Directory

Cardiff University

University Library Service

Academic Library · United Kingdom

Cardiff University Press

https://cardiffuniversitypress.org

Alice Percival, Executive Officer
Email: cardiffuniversitypress@cardiff.ac.uk

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
Our mission is to publish high-quality original academic research online at minimal or no cost and without making a profit, to ensure that the publications conform to open access principles, and to comply with funder and UKRI mandates through Creative Commons licenses. Our vision is to develop Cardiff University Press further as a high-impact, pioneering institutional publisher, committed to innovation and excellence in publishing, for the benefit of both academia and the wider external community.
  • Publishing activities began: 2015
  • Stage of publishing efforts: 3 - Established
  • Open access focus: Central to mission
  • Portion of Open Access publications: All
  • Publishing Languages: We will consider content in any language, but the majority of our publications are in English. We are particularly keen to encourage submissions in the Welsh language and published our first Welsh monograph in November 2020.

Program Organization

  • Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
  • Advisory/editorial board: Yes
  • Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 1
  • Individual people: 1
  • Funding sources: Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

  • Conference papers or proceedings
  • Journals
  • Monographs


Journal Publishing:
  • Journals published: 10
  • Campus-based faculty-created: 8
  • Campus-based student-created: 2
  • Peer-reviewed: 10
  • Required fee to enable Open Access:
  • Currently inactive or archived: 2
Monograph/Book Publishing:
  • Monographs published: 1
  • Peer-reviewed: 1
  • Required fee to enable Open Access: 1

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • The Material Culture of English Rural Households c1250-1600 (book)
  • Martial Arts Studies (journal)
  • Intersectional Perspectives: Identity, Culture, and Society (journal)
  • Human Computer Interaction and Emerging Technologies (conference proceedings)
  • Welsh Economic Review (journal)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • History
  • Literature
  • Language
  • Cultural studies
  • Engineering

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • images
  • text
  • video
Software & Platforms:
  • Ubiquity platforms
  • WordPress
Additional Services:
  • author advisory - other
  • author advisory - copyright
  • analytics
  • cataloging
  • contract/license preparation
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • metadata
  • peer review management
  • training
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • CLOCKSS
  • In-house
  • Portico

Policies

Authorship/contributorship policy, Open access policy, Peer review policy, Preservation policy, Other (please specify)

Additional Information

Last Year:
In 2023, Cardiff University Press (CardiffUP) added two new journal titles to its portfolio: the European Journal of Microwave Energy (EJME) and Agoriad: a Journal of Spatial Theory (Agoriad). The inaugural issues of these journals are due for publication later in 2024. CardiffUP has also been piloting a new and innovative publication process for volumes of conference proceedings, following an increase in demand for this type of publication. The pilot exercise is close to completion, with publication of two volumes expected in spring 2024.
Future Plans:
The Editorial Board of CardiffUP is keen to develop its activities in a rapidly-changing academic environment. In addition to providing more support for potential and existing authors/editors from Cardiff University, experimenting with new publication processes, seeking new sources of funding and promoting equity, diversity and inclusion in all aspects of its work, it is now focusing on how to integrate the Press more fully in Cardiff University's research infrastructure, becoming a vital part of the support that the University offers to its researchers.