Member Record: University of Huddersfield Press
| Title | University of Huddersfield Press |
| Class |
Professional Publisher (Small) |
| URL | http://unipress.hud.ac.uk/ |
| Owner | Not for profit university press with a Press Board and Press Manager |
| Address | University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD1 3DH |
| Copyright and Licensing | http://unipress.hud.ac.uk/for,authors/ |
| Copyright and Licensing Policy | Upon acceptance of a proposal, the University Press will provide a ‘licence to publish’. This licence will give the Press the right to first publication, however, copyright will remain with the author(s). All books will be licenced using a Creative Commons licence, with the preferred licence being the Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY). For more information on Creative Commons licences please refer to http://creativecommons.org/licenses/. For Humanities and Social Sciences authors, please refer to http://oapen-uk.jiscebooks.org/ccguide/. |
| Complaint email | m.taylor2@hud.ac.uk |
| Complaint policy | No specific policy |
| Publication charge link | http://unipress.hud.ac.uk/for,authors/ |
| Publication charge policy | For books: As an open access publisher, the Press needs to recover publishing costs. Typically these costs will be around £4,500 for works of up to 70,000 words, although these costs will differ according to word count, number of pages and number of images included. Author costs can be covered by funders, such as the Heritage Lottery Fund and Leverhulme Trust. They can also be covered by School research budgets and central University funds if the publication is felt to be a benefit to the local community. |
| OASPA Compliant OA Journals | 11 |
| OA articles | 25 |
| OA books | 5 |
| Peer review process | http://unipress.hud.ac.uk/for,authors/ |
| Peer review policy | Books: Initial proposals will be reviewed by the Press Editorial Board and academic colleagues at the University of Huddersfield. Reports will then be sent to authors for comments and feedback. Authors may be asked for a revised proposal before the Press Board makes a decision to accept or decline. On acceptance, manuscripts will be sent to at least two reviewers, who will provide suggestions/comments/feedback to the authors . Journals: outlined on each individual journal website |