University of Pittsburgh
University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing
Vanessa Gabler, Electronic Publications ManagerPhone: 412-648-3292
Email: e-journals@mail.pitt.edu
Program Overview
Our mission is to support researchers in knowledge production, rapid sharing of new research, and Open Access to scholarly information; build collaborative partnerships around the world; improve the production and sharing of scholarly research; and support innovative publishing services.
- Publishing activities began: 1999
- Location: United States
- Languages published: English; Spanish; Portuguese; French; Japanese
- Organization: centralized library publishing unit/department
- Stage of publishing efforts (1-3): 3 - Established
- Stage comments:
- Open access focus (1-5): 5 - Completely
- Program advisory/editorial board: Yes
- Peer reviewed journals: 100%
- Professional staff: 3
- Paraprofessional staff: 0.5
Funding sources for publishing activities:
- Library operating budget: 75%
- Chargebacks: 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; journals, inactive back-issues; undergraduate capstones/honors theses; dynamic reference work consisting of installments of peer-reviewed lexicon entries.| 2021 | Open access | Paid | Hybrid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference papers and proceedings, faculty | ||||
| Conference papers and proceedings, student | ||||
| Databases | ||||
| Datasets | ||||
| Educational resources (e.g., textbooks, course modules) | ||||
| Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) | 699 | 699 | ||
| Journals, campus-based faculty-created | 7 | 6 | 1 | |
| Journals, campus-based student-created | 7 | 7 | ||
| Journals, contracted by external groups | 19 | 19 | ||
| Journals, inactive back issues | 15 | 15 | ||
| Monographs | ||||
| Newsletters | ||||
| Technical/research reports | ||||
| Undergraduate capstones/honors theses | 82 | 82 |
Dynamic reference work/Lexicon (1)
2021: New publications from July 2020 to June 2021. 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 offer a combination of both open access and pay-access content.
Highlights
Top publications:
- Names: A Journal of Onomastics (journal)
- International Journal of Telerehabilitation (journal)
- International Journal of Medical Students (journal)
- Impacting Education: Journal on Transforming Professional Practice (journal)
- Goethe-Lexicon of Philosophical Concepts (lexicon)
Disciplinary specialties:
- education
- cultural studies
- law
- health sciences
Partners
Internal partners: campus departments or programsOpenness to working with external partners: Open to working with any external partner
Best publications to refer to our program: Peer-reviewed subscription and/or scholarly society journals seeking an Open Access publisher.
Part of a consortium that provides support for publishing?
Work with a university press?
Administer a university press?
Technologies & Services
Media formats:
- audio
- data
- images
- text
- video
Softwares & platforms:
- Dataverse
- EPrints
- OJS
Additional services:
- DOI distribution
- analytics
- applying for Cataloging in Publication Data
- author advisory – copyright
- author advisory – other
- business model development
- contract/license preparation
- digitization
- DOI assignment/allocation of identifiers
- graphic design (print or web)
- hosting of supplemental content
- ISSN registry
- metadata
- notification of A&I sources
- outreach
- training
- Document conversion: XML and HTML
Digital preservation strategy:
Service vendors: KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. - LOCKSS
- PKP Preservation Network
Additional Information
Plans for Expansion & Future Directions:The new Library-Hosted Publications service publishes content produced by Pitt students, faculty, or staff that does not fit within a traditional journal publishing model or does not adhere to the selection criteria for our traditional ULS Journal Publishing Program. We now offer three publishing services: ULS Journal Publishing Program, Scholarly Exchange® Hosting Service, and Library-Hosted Publications. We will launch an imprint in the next year for our ULS Journal Publishing Program.
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