Radboud University

Radboud University Library

Academic Library · Netherlands

Radboud University Press

https://radbouduniversitypress.nl/site/

Natalia Grygierczyk, Director Radboud University Press
Email: natalia.grygierczyk@ru.nl

Program Overview

Mission/Objectives:
Radboud University Press is a unique department at Radboud University. We are a diamond open access publisher of high-quality academic peer-reviewed books and journals across a wide range of disciplines. The ‘diamond’ label means that we offer open-access publications free of charge for both authors and readers. Meeting the highest academic standards is our primary goal. Empowering our authors to fully retain their copyrights is our main principle.
  • Publishing activities began: 2021
  • Stage of publishing efforts: 2 - Early
  • Open access focus: Central to mission
  • Portion of Open Access publications: All
  • Publishing Languages: English; Dutch; French

Program Organization

  • Organization of publishing services: Centralized library publishing unit/department
  • Advisory/editorial board: Yes
  • Total staffing in Full Time Equivalents (FTE): 4.2
  • Individual people: 6
  • Students: Graduate student(s)
  • Funding sources: Non-library campus budget

Publishing Activities

  • Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs)
  • Journals
  • Monographs
  • Open educational resources


Journal Publishing:
  • Journals published: 10
  • Contracted by external groups: 10
  • Peer-reviewed: 10
Monograph/Book Publishing:
  • Monographs published: 17
  • Peer-reviewed: 15
Open Educational Resources Publishing:
  • Open Educational Resources: 3
  • Peer-reviewed Open Educational Resources: 3

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • Foundations of General Relativity: From Einstein to Black Holes (book)
  • Water: A Dutch Cultural History (book)
  • Homo Educandus: Why Our School System is Broken and What We Can Do About It (book)
  • Over honderd ziekten (book)
  • Human and Planetary Health: The urgency to Integrate into One Health (book)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Philosophy
  • Theology
  • Medicine
  • History
  • Mathematics

Partners

  • Internal partners:  Campus departments or programs
  • Other publishing entities administered by your library: No
  • Other publishing entities within your library’s parent institution: No
  • Program’s openness to working with external partners: Open to working with any external partner
  • Types of publications should other publishers refer to your program: Peer-reviewed high-quality monographs and journals in all academic disciplines covered by Radboud University. Based on diamond open access model.
  • Part of a consortium which provides support for publishing? (e.g. platform, funding): Yes

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • text
Software & Platforms:
  • Open Journal Systems (OJS)
  • Open Monograph Press (OMP)
  • Pressbooks
  • Ubiquity platforms

Additional Services:
  • assistance with journal application for DOAJ)
  • Indexing services (e.g.
  • author advisory - other
  • author advisory - copyright
  • DOI distribution
  • applying for Cataloging in Publication Data
  • contract/license preparation
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • image services
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • marketing
  • metadata
  • open URL support
  • outreach
  • peer review management
  • print-on-demand
  • training
  • typesetting
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • CLOCKSS
  • Portico

Policies

  • Diamond Open Access and Creative Commons Licences: https://radbouduniversitypress.nl/site/diamond-open-access/
  • Competing interests: https://radbouduniversitypress.nl/site/publish/
  • Peer Review Policy: https://radbouduniversitypress.nl/site/publish/
  • Peer Review Policy: https://radbouduniversitypress.nl/site/publish/
  • Diamond open access: https://radbouduniversitypress.nl/site/
  • Peer Review Policy: https://radbouduniversitypress.nl/site/publish/
  • Archiving and Preservation: https://radbouduniversitypress.nl/site/indexing-and-archiving/
  • Peer review confidentiality
  • Corrections and Retractions: https://radbouduniversitypress.nl/site/publish/

  • Adopted Policies:
    Association of European University Presses (AEUP) Crossref is the official Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Registration Agency of the International DOI Foundation. Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) Open Access Publishing in European Networks (OAPEN)

    Additional Information

    Future Plans:
    There will be more textbooks, new publication types (interactive, multimedia), a greater focus on book and journal marketing, and better indexing.