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 (textbooks/course modules)

Journal Publishing:

Journals published: 10
Contracted by external groups: 10
Peer-reviewed: 10

Monograph/Book Publishing:

Monographs published: 17
Peer-reviewed: 15
Required fee to enable Open Access: 0

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

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

Author rights/copyright policy, Authorship/contributorship policy, Conflict of interest policy, Editorial board policy, Ethics statement, Open access policy, Peer review policy, Preservation policy, Privacy/confidentiality policy, Retraction/correction policy

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:

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.