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.
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
- Library Operating Budget: 100%
Publishing Activities
Types of publications: electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; technical/research reports; Working paper series; student magazine.| 2019 | Open Access | Paid | Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Campus-based Student-driven Journals | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Databases | ||||
| ETDs | 346 | 346 | 0 | 0 |
| Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings | ||||
| Journals for External Groups | ||||
| Monographs | ||||
| Newsletters | ||||
| Student Conference Papers and Proceedings | ||||
| Technical/Research Reports | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 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
- 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)
- 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 studentsOpeness to Partners: Open to working with any external partner
Technologies & Services
- audio
- data
- text
- video
- DSpace
- OJS
- figshare
- We will be using figshare for our publications repository in the future (migrating from DSpace).
- 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
- PKP Preservation Network
- Arkivum