2020 Library Publishing Directory

University of Leicester

University of Leicester Library

Research Services

2020 CONTACT:
William Farrell, Research Services Consultant
Phone: (44) 116-252-2018
Email: wjbf1@le.ac.uk

Program Overview

University of Leicester Open Journals publishes open access journals and working papers. Run by the Library, we publish peer-reviewed academic research in museum studies, physics, education, Middle Eastern studies, media and communication, and interdisciplinary topics. Our primary purpose is to support publications associated with the University, but we work with external organisations too. We are committed to open access publishing.

Publishing Activities Began: 2015
Location: United Kingdom
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1-3): 2 - Early
Open Access Focus (1-5): 4 - Very Important
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: No
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 1
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Operating Budget: 100%

Publishing Activities

Types of publications: campus-based faculty-driven journals; campus-based student-driven journals; ETDs; technical/research reports; Working paper series; student magazine.

  2019 Open Access Paid Hybrid
Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal4400
Campus-based Student-driven Journals3300
Databases
ETDs34634600
Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings
Journals for External Groups
Monographs
Newsletters
Student Conference Papers and Proceedings
Technical/Research Reports4400
Textbooks
Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses

2019: New publications from July 2018 to June 2019. 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 may be offered in some form as OA, but are also available as a paid version.

Other/Additional Publishing Activities:

  • Library Publishing Activities: Working paper series; student magazine

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • Museum and Society (journal)
  • New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences (journal)
  • New Middle Eastern Studies (journal)
  • Journal of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (journal)
  • LIAS Working Paper Series (working paper series)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • museum studies
  • higher education and pedagogy
  • Middle Eastern studies
  • interdisciplinary research
  • physical sciences

Partners

Internal Partners: campus departments or programs; individual faculty; graduate students; undergraduate students


Openess to Partners: Open to working with any external partner

Technologies & Services

Media Formats:
  • audio
  • data
  • text
  • video
Softwares & Platforms:
  • DSpace
  • OJS
  • figshare
  • We will be using figshare for our publications repository in the future (migrating from DSpace).
Additional Services:
  • DOI distribution
  • analytics
  • author advisory – copyright
  • author advisory – other
  • contract/license preparation
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • metadata
  • notification of A&I sources
  • training
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • PKP Preservation Network
  • Arkivum
Service Vendors: Crossref, British Library
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