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Radboud University
Radboud University Library
Academic Library · NetherlandsRadboud 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
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.