Our service
Publish your own e-journal open access
This service is intended for scholars of Heidelberg University. For international scholars, we provide corresponding services in the following fields of studies: history of art via arthistoricum.net, classical studies via Propylaeum and South Asian studies via CrossAsia.
The service is based on the software Open Journal Systems (OJS). The internationally established e-journal publication and management system was developed by the Public Knowledge Project (PKP), an US-Canadian research organisation. The open source software covers the entire editorial workflow of an e-journal and is available in numerous languages. It enables an efficient journal management, a differentiated organisation as well as a clear division of roles and functions within the publication process. In addition, the programme can be individualised through various plug-ins, such as reading tools, metadata management or statistic plug-ins.
The e-journal publication service HeiJOURNALS covers:
1. Software-hosting
- Provision and maintenance of the technical infrastructure
- Long-term archiving
- Journal set-up
- Support with / executing layout-configurations of the website
2. Software-training
- Introduction to the software
- Software training: test journal
3. Editorial consultation
- Support with any editorial and formal preparations
- Aspects to be considered prior to publication:
- Sustainability of human resources / the content
- Quality management (peer review, editorial review)
4. Visibility – journal / series
- ISSN-registration
- Zeitschriftendatenbank (ZDB)
- Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek (EZB)
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- Local Library Catalogue HEIDI
- Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog (KVK)
- International: OCLC WorldCat
5. Visibility – articles
- Stable identifiers: URN + DOI
- Cataloguing all content at article level
- Local library catalogue HEIDI
- Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog (KVK)
- Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE)
- Google, Google Scholar
Further possibilities and services for electronic publishing in open access at Heidelberg University Library.
Are you interested? Contact us.