University of Illinois at Chicago
University Library
Scholarly Communicationsjournals@uic.edu
library.uic.edu/home/services/escholarship
United States
Primary Contact:
Sandy De Groote
Scholarly Communication Librarian
312-413-9494
Program Overview
The objective/mission of the UIC University Library publishing program is to advance scholarly knowledge in a cost-effective manner.
Year publishing activities began: 2007
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Total FTE in support of publishing activities: professional staff (1); undergraduate students (3)
Funding sources (%): library operating budget (70); charge backs (30)
Stage of publishing efforts (1–5): Established
Open access focus (1–5): 4
Advisory/editorial board: N
Publishing Activities
Library-administered university press publications in 2018: 7 journals
Library publications in 2018: campus-based faculty-driven journals (5); campus-based student-driven journals (2); technical/research reports (2); newsletters (1); ETDs (700)
Number of open access titles: journals (6); monographs (0)
Number of paid titles: journals (1); monographs ()
Number of hybrid titles:
Media formats: text; images; data
Disciplinary specialties: social work; Internet studies; public health informatics; visual communication
Top publications: First Monday (journal); Online Journal of Public Health Informatics (journal); Behavior and Social Issues (journal); Uncommon Culture (journal); Journal of Biomedical Discovery and Collaboration (journal)
Percentage of journals that are peer reviewed: 80
Percentage of journals assessing article processing charges (APCs): 0.1
Internal partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty
External partners:
Publishing platform(s): DSpace; OJS
Digital preservation strategy: LOCKSS
Additional services: typesetting; cataloging; metadata; notification of A&I sources; DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
Additional Information
Plans for expansion/future directions: publish more journals, publish dataView All Entries