University of Groningen Press | UGP

Thank you for your interest in publishing with the University of Groningen Press (UGP).

The possibility of starting or migrating a journal is open for researchers:

associated with the University of Groningen
who can describe a concept of how they plan for their journal to address an audience ready to contribute with new articles and readership.

To enable us to assess whether your journal fits into our publishing activities, please complete the Journal Proposal Form below. The completed form is forwarded to the Editorial Board, after which they decide whether this proposal meets the requirements. After a positive decision, we will move forward with setting up your journal and drafting a publishing contract.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions about our services or about this proposal form at ugp@rug.nl.

Your journal title *

Information about the Editor(s)-in-Chief

Name *

Title *

Affiliation & Address *

E-mail *

Phone number *

ORCID

Information about the journal

Is this a new journal or an existing journal that you wish to migrate to our platform? *

New journal

Existing journal

In case of an existing journal, do you also wish to migrate back issues?

Yes

How many back issues are there?

In what form are they currently available?

Editorial structure

Who are the persons involved in working with this journal? Please include full affiliation and contact details. *

Please give us an indication of the planned administrative structure of your journal. *

Background

What is the unique selling point of the journal? *

What is the subject area in general? *

Aims & scope

Please describe the outline of the scope of your intended journal. *

Competitors

To place your journal in the current market within the subject area we would like you to list 2-4 journals (or other publishing entities) that you feel could be considered as competitors to your project. What would you think your journal would add to this list?
*

Readers & Marketing

What kind of readers do you expect would appreciate the type of content you would like to publish?
(strictly academic, or a wider audience?) *

Peer review process

How are you going to organize your peer review process? Is it going to be open or (single/double) anonymized. *

Open

Anonymized

How will you find reviewers for the articles you plan to publish? *

Plans for the first issue (or the next issue if it is an existing journal)

Please describe if you already have some manuscripts in the pipeline or plan to invite authors that would be ready within the time frame suggested for the start date of the publishing contract. *

Journal Details

Proposed frequency (or a continuous publishing flow as articles are accepted) *

Expected number of articles to be included in the first volume. *

Are there any specific requests in terms of layout, illustrations, word length of issues and articles and types of articles?

Licensing & Copyright

Please give us an indication of the planned administrative structure of your journal. *

Please state here which license you intend to use. *

Society

Have you contacted other publishers? *

Yes, that is:

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