Open Access Journal Hosting

The library maintains an Open Journal System (OJS), a platform which maintains, stores, and automates the publishing process for online, open access journals.

We are interested in working with new journals, and can support a journals transition from commercial publishers to our OJS. If you would like to work with us, please take the following steps: 

1. Review the appropriate background documents for your situation:
   • OA Journal Setup Checklist  
   • Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Student Journal Toolkit 
   • PKP Instructor Guide For Course Journals 
2. Draft a basic journal plan which includes: 
   1. A journal manager (ie. a person having either a managing editor, editor-in-chief or equivalent role in the journal, as described in the OJS documentation) with a current  University of Guelph affiliation as either faculty, staff, researcher, or student. 
   2. A unique journal title  
   3. A clearly-defined aim and scope articulating the purpose and intent of the journal and the types and topics of content it plans to publish. Journals should be scholarly, and address one or more subject areas taught and researched at University of Guelph 
   4. A business model which incorporates: 
      • Peer-review 
      • Full and immediate open access to the article Version of Record 
      • No subscriptions (paywalls) 
      • No author charges (e.g. APC – article processing charges) 
      • No embargo period (delay in making an article/issue readable) 
3. Then contact us to discuss your ideas

If you would like to see all of the Open Journals that we host, please visit our Open Journals homepage. Our active journals are:

• African Journal of Teacher Education
• Canta Aeide: Journal of Classical Studies
• Critical Studies in Improvisation
• Critical Voices: The University of Guelph Book Review Project
• Crossways Journal
• CTRL+ALT+DH
• Drainage Engineers Conference
• Flora: Undergraduate Philosophy Journal
• Footnotes
• Guelph Ichthyology Reviews
• iBOL Barcode Bulletin
• International Journal of Collaborative-Dialogic Practices
• Journal for New Narratives in the History of Philosophy
• Journal of the Entomological Society of Ontario
• MIC: Memoria, Identité, and Community
• Nouvelle Revue Synergies Canada (NRSC)
• Participator
• Partnership: The Canadian Journal of Library and Information Science Practice and Research
• Rural Review: Ontario Rural Planning, Development, and Policy
• Studies by Undergraduate Researchers at Guelph (SURG)

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We can talk to you about hosting an online open access journal.

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