Editing journals and series for publication

Leipzig University helps its researchers and scholars to found new open access journals as well as to add existing series and journals to the open access movement. To this end, Leipzig University has teamed up with Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB) to provide a publishing platform known as PUBLIA – SLUB OPEN PUBLISHING. It’s based on the journal management and publication software Open Journal Systems. OJS enables the integrated management and publishing of electronic journals every step of the way including editorial management, the submission of articles, a multi-stage review process, and publication. Individual articles are given a unique persistent address in the form of a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).

Our Service

The Open Science Office can support the creation of your open access journal by hosting the OJS e-journal software and assisting you with setup and configuration. We will also ensure the long-term archiving of your journal. In addition, we offer a whole range of administrative and library services as well as advice and training for editors. For example, we can provide you with a design template for your journal, assign persistent identifiers (DOIs) to your documents, and handle the ISSN registration of your serial publications as well as its cataloguing in the ZDB (Zeitschriftendatenbank – Database of Journals) and the EZB (Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek – Library of Electronic Journals). Moreover, we can help you use OJS, and support you when it comes to raising the profile of your publications by indexing them in relevant databases and directories.

How you can benefit

Open access publishing increases the (international) prominence of your journal and individual articles. In addition to being freely available worldwide, they can also be easily discovered by being listed in relevant databases and catalogues ranging from Leipzig University Library’s catalogue, WorldCat and Google Scholar to the open access search engine BASE. Furthermore, the assignment of DOIs ensures stable citation and that your publications will remain discoverable.

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Open Access Journals at Leipzig University