Scholarly Common welcomes collaboration with universities, research institutes, scholarly societies, and academic communities interested in publishing electronic journals.
Scholarly Common welcomes collaboration with universities, research institutes, scholarly societies, and academic communities interested in establishing new electronic journals.
Launching a journal requires careful planning, strong academic leadership, and transparent editorial policies. Scholarly Common supports editorial teams in building sustainable and credible journals that contribute to scholarly communication.
Define your journal's aims, scope, and target academic audience.
Establish your editorial board with recognized scholars in your field.
Set up publishing infrastructure, policies, and submission systems.
Strengthen peer-review, improve quality, and pursue indexing goals.
Scholarly Common also provides hosting and publishing support for existing journals that wish to strengthen their digital infrastructure and editorial practices.
Reliable, professional hosting infrastructure for your journal website with high availability and security.
Support for implementing and managing structured editorial and peer-review workflows.
Assistance in developing and documenting clear, transparent publication policies.
Guidance in building and improving your journal's peer-review process and standards.
Help in developing practices that support evaluation by recognized indexing databases.
Continuous technical support and maintenance to keep your journal platform running smoothly.
Scholars or institutions interested in launching a journal with Scholarly Common may submit a proposal. Proposals are evaluated based on academic relevance, editorial leadership, and the potential sustainability of the journal.
Ready to submit your proposal? Contact us to begin the evaluation process.
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