UCL (University College London)
UCL
UCL Press
Lara Speicher, Head of PublishingEmail: uclpresspublishing@ucl.ac.uk
Program Overview
- To publish high-quality and cutting-edge research outputs
- To achieve maximum global reach and impact for its publications and achieve wide engagement with global audiences
- To support the field of academic publishing through practice, training, research, and sharing of data
- To represent a range of key academic research interests, with a particular focus on the arts, humanities, and social sciences
- To support early career researchers and first book publishing
- To uphold a strong commitment to research and publication ethics
- To demonstrate a commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion in all its activities
- To promote the integration of research and education in the outputs of the Press
- Shares UCL’s commitment to sustainability: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/policy-and-strategy
- Publishing activities began: 2015
- Location: United Kingdom
- 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: Yes
- Peer reviewed journals: 100%
- Professional staff: 11
Funding sources for publishing activities:
- Library operating budget: 5%
- Non-library campus budget: 80%
- Grants: 5%
- Sales revenue: 10%
Publishing Activities
Types of publications: expansive digital publications (digital humanities or other complex multimedia projects); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; monographs; digital online materials- aka "BOOCs".| 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) | ||||
| Journals, campus-based faculty-created | 14 | |||
| Journals, campus-based student-created | 9 | |||
| Journals, contracted by external groups | ||||
| Journals, inactive back issues | ||||
| Monographs | 48 | |||
| Newsletters | ||||
| Technical/research reports | ||||
| Undergraduate capstones/honors theses |
digital online materials- aka "BOOCs" (1)
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.
Library-administered university press publications:
For journals, include titles that published at least one article in the last twelve months. For other publication types, report items that were published or added to your repository for the first time within the last twelve months.
| 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Journals, campus-based faculty-created | 13 |
| Journals, campus-based student-created | 9 |
| Monographs | 41 |
Highlights
Top publications:
- How the World Changed Social Media (book)
- The Global Smartphone (book)
- What Should Schools Teach? (book)
- Social Media in an English Village (book)
- Social Theory after the Internet (book)
Disciplinary specialties:
- anthropology
- built environment
- archaeology
- education
- history
Partners
Internal partners: campus departments or programsOpenness to working with external partners: Consider external partners but only if in our disciplinary specialty
Best publications to refer to our program: monographs; textbooks; edited collections; campus-based faculty-driven journals; campus-based student-driven journals
Technologies & Services
Media formats:
- images
- multimedia/interactive content
- text
Additional services:
- author advisory – other
- cataloging
- contract/license preparation
- copyediting
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- graphic design (print or web)
- marketing
- metadata
- outreach
- peer review management
- print-on-demand
- typesetting
Digital preservation strategy:
- Portico
Additional Information
Plans for expansion & future directions:Recently appointed a Textbook Programme Manager to work on creation of a textbook programme.
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