Tulane University
Tulane University Libraries
Digital Scholarship & Initiatives
Sean Knowlton, Librarian for Digital ScholarshipEmail: digital@tulane.edu
Program Overview
Tulane University Journal Publishing is an open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing service that provides a web-based platform for scholarly and academic publishing for the Tulane community.
- Publishing activities began: 2012
- Location: United States
- Languages published: English
- Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
- Stage of publishing efforts (1-3): 3 - Established
- Stage comments:
- Open access focus (1-5): 5 - Completely
- Program advisory/editorial board: No
- Peer reviewed journals: 100%
- Professional staff: 1
Funding sources for publishing activities:
- Library materials budget: 100%
Publishing Activities
Types of publications: electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; journals, inactive back-issues; undergraduate capstones/honors theses.| 2021 | Open access | Paid | Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference papers and proceedings, faculty | ||||
| Conference papers and proceedings, student | ||||
| Databases | ||||
| Datasets | ||||
| Educational resources (e.g., textbooks, course modules) | ||||
| Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) | 160 | 160 | ||
| Journals, campus-based faculty-created | 4 | 4 | ||
| Journals, campus-based student-created | 3 | 3 | ||
| Journals, contracted by external groups | ||||
| Journals, inactive back issues | 6 | 6 | ||
| Monographs | ||||
| Newsletters | ||||
| Technical/research reports | ||||
| Undergraduate capstones/honors theses | 72 | 72 |
2021: New publications from July 2020 to June 2021. Journals include titles actively publishing during the date range. Other publication types include items that were published or added to repositories for the first time within the date range.
OA/Paid/Hybrid: Publications currently published and/or available online. OA (open access) publications do not include counts for hybrid publications. Hybrid publications are those that offer a combination of both open access and pay-access content.
Highlights
Top publications:
- Tulane European and Civil Law Forum (journal)
- Women Leading Change: Case Studies on Women, Gender, and Feminism (journal)
- Tulane Journal of Technology & Intellectual Property (journal)
- Tulane Environmental Law Journal (journal)
- Tulane Journal of Law & Sexuality (journal)
Disciplinary specialties:
- law
- gender studies
- Earth sciences
- undergraduate research
Partners
Internal partners: campus departments or programsOpenness 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)
Best publications to refer to our program: undergraduate journals; regional culture; environmental; gender; civil rights
Technologies & Services
Media formats:
- audio
- data
- images
- multimedia/interactive content
- text
- video
Softwares & platforms:
- Islandora
- OJS
- WordPress
Additional services:
- audio/video streaming
- author advisory – copyright
- business model development
- digitization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- hosting of supplemental content
- ISSN registry
- metadata
- outreach
- training