Stockholm University
Stockholm University Library
Communications departmentpublish@su.se
stockholmuniversitypress.se
Sweden
Primary Contact:
Birgitta Hellmark Lindgren (PhD)
Head of Communications and Deputy Library Director
46 70 190 7769
Program Overview
Stockholm University Press is a publicly financed operation with its main goal to provide public access to peer-reviewed scientific results in multiple formats, both nationally and internationally. The Press provides access to electronic journals and books free of charge, and to printed books at cost prices. We aim to make journals and books affordable, and to give them the widest possible dissemination so that researchers around the world can find and access the information they need without barriers. SUP was founded after a decision made by the Vice Chancellor in December 2012.
Year publishing activities began: 2014
Organization: services are distributed across library units/departments
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (6) (not full-time)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget and APC & BPC
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5):
Open access focus (1–5):
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Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2016: Three books and articles in the journal Rural landscapes
Library publications in 2016: campus-based faculty driven journals (3)
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Media formats: text; images; data; concept maps, modeling, maps, or other visualizations
Disciplinary specialties: Humanities Academic Area; Science Academic Area; Social Sciences Academic Area; Law
Top publications: Rural Landscapes: Society, Environment, History (journal), Platonic Occasions (book), From clerks to copora (book) and Festival Romanistica (book)
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 100
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs):
Internal partners: campus departments or programs
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Publishing platform(s): OJS
Digital preservation strategy: DiVA (digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet)
Additional services: graphic design (print or web); print-on-demand; typesetting; copy-editing; marketing; outreach; analytics; cataloging; metadata ISSN registry; ISBN registry; dataset management; peer review management; business model development; contract/license preparation; author copyright advisory; other author advisory; image services; data visualization
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: From autumn 2014 the Stockholm University Library offers a new dissertation support open to all doctoral students at Stockholm University. The idea is to simplify the publishing process. In conjunction with the electronic posting, the doctoral students may choose to get help with the production, distribution and marketing of their dissertations. We will also have a publishing service for "grey area litterateur", that will offer a limited support similar to that of the press.View All Entries