University of Pittsburgh

University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing

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
Campus-based Faculty-driven Journal	9	14	1
Campus-based Student-driven Journals	5	8
Databases
ETDs	615	9475
Faculty Conference Papers and Proceedings
Journals for External Groups	16	19
Monographs		3
Newsletters
Student Conference Papers and Proceedings
Technical/Research Reports
Textbooks
Undergraduate Capstones/Honors Theses	43	348

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.