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2020 Library Publishing Directory

University of Pittsburgh

University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing

  • https://www.library.pitt.edu/e-journals
  • oscp@mail.pitt.edu
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2020 CONTACT:
Vanessa Gabler, Electronic Publications Manager
Phone: 412-648-3292
Email: vgabler@pitt.edu

Program Overview

The University Library System, University of Pittsburgh is committed to helping research communities share knowledge and ideas through open and responsible collaboration. We subsidize the costs of electronic publishing so that our partners can focus on editorial content and scholarly collaboration.

Publishing Activities Began: 1999
Location: United States
Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
Stage (1-3): 3 - Established
Open Access Focus (1-5): 5 - Completely
Program Advisory/Editorial Board: Yes
Peer Reviewed Journals: 100%

Staffing (in Full Time Equivalents):
  • Professional staff: 3.5
Funding Sources for Publishing Activities:
  • Library Operating Budget: 75%
  • Charge Backs: 25%

Publishing Activities

Types of publications: electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs); journals, campus-based faculty-created; journals, campus-based student-created; journals, contracted by external groups; undergraduate capstones/honors theses.

  2019 Open Access Paid Hybrid
Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal9141
Campus-based Student-driven Journals58
Databases
ETDs6159475
Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings
Journals for External Groups 1619
Monographs3
Newsletters
Student Conference Papers and Proceedings
Technical/Research Reports
Textbooks
Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses43348

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.

Highlights

Top Publications:
  • Journal of the Medical Library Association (journal)
  • LEDGER (journal)
  • Journal of World-Systems Research (journal)
  • International Journal of Rehabilitation (journal)
  • D-Scholarship (institutional repository)
Disciplinary Specialties:
  • Latin American studies
  • history and philosophy of science
  • law
  • health sciences
  • education

Partners

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


Openess to Partners: Open to working with any external partner
Best publications to refer to our program: We are seeking partners who: Ensure quality through a rigorous peer-review process; Support Open Access to scholarly research; Are supported by an internationally recognized editorial board; Possess the staff resources needed to ensure timely publication; Solicit new original scholarly research through an open call for papers; Practice selectivity regarding published content.

Technologies & Services

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

Additional Services:
  • DOI distribution
  • analytics
  • applying for Cataloging in Publication Data
  • author advisory – copyright
  • author advisory – other
  • business model development
  • cataloging
  • contract/license preparation
  • digitization
  • DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
  • graphic design (print or web)
  • hosting of supplemental content
  • ISBN registry
  • ISSN registry
  • marketing
  • metadata
  • notification of A&I sources
  • outreach
  • training
  • XML conversion
Digital Preservation Strategy:
  • LOCKSS
  • PKP Preservation Network
Service Vendors: Data Conversion Laboratory

Additional Information

Other Information:
In addition to our publishing program, the ULS at Pitt offers OJS hosting services. We are open to inquiries from library publishers about hosting options.
Highlighted Publication

Ledger

Ledger is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal publishing full-length, original research articles on the subjects of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, as well as relevant intersections with mathematics, computer science, engineering, law, and economics. It employs a transparent peer-review process, encourages authors to digitally sign their manuscripts, and timestamps the published manuscripts in the Blockchain.

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