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Berlin Universities Publishing

https://www.berlin-universities-publishing.de/index.html

Christina Riesenweber, BerlinUP coordinator
Phone: +49 30 2093 99290
Email: koordination@berlin-universities-publishing.de

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
Berlin Universities Publishing (BerlinUP) is an academic, non-commercial open access publisher for all disciplinary foci of the Berlin research landscape. Publishing with BerlinUP does not require a high level of funding for individual scientists or research projects. BerlinUP deliberately sets itself apart from profit-oriented, commercial publishers and strives for a publication model that is free of charge for authors and readers.
  • Publishing activities began: 2022
  • Stage of publishing efforts: 2 - Early
  • Open access focus: Central to mission
  • Portion of Open Access publications: All
  • Publishing Languages: German; English; others

Program Organization

  • Organization of publishing services: Organization (e.g., non-profit association, library consortium) that provides or supports library publishing activities on behalf of its library members
  • Advisory/editorial board: Yes
  • Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 6
  • Individual people: 6
  • Funding sources: Grants, Library materials budget, Library operating budget

Publishing Activities

  • Conference papers or proceedings
  • Journals
  • Monographs


Journal Publishing:
  • Journals published: 3
  • Campus-based faculty-created: 3
  • Peer-reviewed: 3
Monograph/Book Publishing:
  • Monographs published: 4
  • Peer-reviewed: 4

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • Interdisziplinäre Beiträge zur Bildungsforschung 2023 (book)
  • Open Gender Journal (journal)
  • How2Kiez (book)
  • Journal of Geography Education (journal)
  • Moderne Stadtgeschichte (journal)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Social sciences
  • Humanities
  • Materials science and materials engineering
  • Civil engineering and architecture
  • Computer science

Partners

  • Other publishing entities administered by your library: Yes
  • Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: Yes
  • Program’s openness to working with external partners: Consider external partners if there is a tie to my institution (e.g., local editor of a journal for an external scholarly society)
  • Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • data
  • images
  • text
Software & Platforms:
  • DSpace
  • Open Journal Systems (OJS)
  • Open Monograph Press (OMP)

Additional Services:
  • assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
  • Indexing services (e.g.
  • author advisory - other
  • author advisory - copyright
  • DOI distribution
  • analytics
  • contract/license preparation
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • metadata
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Other (please specify)

Policies

  • BerlinUP Accessibility Statement: https://www.berlin-universities-publishing.de/en/ueber-uns/policies/barrierefreiheit/index.html
  • BerlinUP - Principles of Open Access, Simple Rights of Use: https://www.berlin-universities-publishing.de/en/ueber-uns/policies/open-access-grundsaetze/index.html
  • BerlinUP Books - Quality Assurance, Ethical: https://www.berlin-universities-publishing.de/en/books/qualitaetssicherung/index.html
  • BerlinUP - Principles of Open Access: https://www.berlin-universities-publishing.de/en/ueber-uns/policies/open-access-grundsaetze/index.html
  • BerlinUP Books - Peer Review Guidelines: https://www.berlin-universities-publishing.de/en/books/books-peer-review/index.html
  • BerlinUP - Data Protection Policy: https://www.berlin-universities-publishing.de/en/ueber-uns/policies/datenschutz/index.html

  • Adopted Policies:
    COPE OASPA UNESCO Sustainable Development Goals German Research Council European Research Council AG Universitätsverlage Association of European University Presses