Member Record

Edinburgh University Library

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Name
Edinburgh University Library
Membership Category
Infrastructure & Services (Non-Commercial)
Website
http://journals.ed.ac.uk
Owner
A hosting service provided by Edinburgh University Library, University of Edinburgh
Main Address
Main LibraryGeorge Square Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland United Kingdom
Other Office Locations
Copyright and Licensing Link
Policies vary from journal to journal, e.g. http://journals.ed.ac.uk/lithicstudies/about/policies#CopyrightNotice
Copyright and Licensing Policy
We expect all journals hosted on the platform to use a Creative Commons licence, CC-BY is recommended; journals have flexibility to choose an alternative Creative Commons licence. The Journal Hosting Service provides good practice guidance and default policy text. Policies vary from journal to journal, but all journals use Creative Commons licences and authors retain copyright.
Complaint Contact Link
http://journals.ed.ac.uk/about#TakeDown
Complaint Policy
All journals must include the following Take Down Policy: http://journals.ed.ac.uk/about#TakeDown We expect all journals to forward complaints to the Library for investigation.
Publication Charge Link
Individual policies per journal, e.g. http://concept.lib.ed.ac.uk/about/policies#openAccessPolicy
Publication Charge Policy
No hosted journals have publication charges. This is clearly stated on each journal site.
OASPA Compliant OA Journals
We support the publication of 20 fully open access journals, of which 19 are published by academic staff or students of the University of Edinburgh and one journal is published by the Digital Curation Centre (based at the University of Edinburgh).
OA Articles (approx. number in 12 months)
Approximately 200 OA articles published in the past 12 months.
OASPA Compliant OA Books
Peer Review Process Link
Peer Review Policy
As above, peer review process varies from journal to journal. Good practice guidelines are made available to prospective Editors.
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