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2021 Library Publishing Directory

University of Edinburgh

Edinburgh University Library

Library & University Collections

  • http://journals.ed.ac.uk/
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Rebecca Wojturska, Open Access Publishing Officer
Email: Rebecca.Wojturska@ed.ac.uk

Program Overview

Edinburgh University Library uses Open Journal Systems to provide a hosting service for Open Access journals published by University of Edinburgh academic staff and student groups. We also provide journal and monograph hosting as a shared service governed by the Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL).

  • Publishing Activities Began: 2009
  • Location: United Kingdom
  • Languages published: English
  • Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
  • Stage (1-3): 2 - Early
  • Stage Comments:
  • Open Access Focus (1-5): 5 - Completely
  • Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
  • Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%
Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 1.5
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Operating Budget: 100%

Publishing Activities

Types of publications: conference papers and proceedings, faculty; conference papers and proceedings, student; databases; datasets; educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules); electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; journals, contracted by external groups; journals, inactive back-issues; monographs; newsletters; technical/research reports; undergraduate capstones/honors theses.

  2020 Open Access Paid Hybrid
Conference papers and proceedings, faculty
Conference papers and proceedings, student
Databases 0 0
Datasets 265 265
Educational resources (ex. textbooks, course modules)
Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) 1000 1000
Journals, campus-based faculty-created 12 12
Journals, campus-based student-created 6 6
Journals, contracted by external groups 5 3 2
Journals, inactive back-issues 2 2
Monographs
Newsletters
Technical/Research Reports
Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses

2020: New publications from July 2019 to June 2020. 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:
  • Finance and Society (journal)
  • Journal of Lithic Studies (journal)
  • Language and Psychoanalysis (journal)
  • Concept (journal)
  • Forum (journal)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • community education
  • linguistics
  • archaeology
  • anthropology
  • political economy

Partners

Internal Partners: individual faculty

Openness to working with external partners: Open to working with any external partner

Best publications to refer to our program: Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal; Campus-based Student-driven Journals; Journals for External Groups

Part of a consortium that provides support for publishing? no

Work with a university press? no

Administer a university press? no

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • data
  • images
  • video
Softwares & Platforms:
  • OJS
  • OMP

Additional Services:
  • DOI distribution
  • analytics
  • author advisory – copyright
  • author advisory – other
  • business model development
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • metadata
  • notification of A&I sources
  • outreach
  • training
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • Digital preservation services under discussion
  • LOCKSS

Additional Information

Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:
We aim to launch a books platform (using OMP) to host monographs, textbooks, and edited collections.
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