Tufts Libraries journal publishing services

Tufts Libraries provides an open access journal publishing service using Open Journal Systems (OJS). We offer this service as part of our commitment to facilitating open sharing of knowledge created at Tufts and more equitable access to scholarship.

OJS provides a platform to manage submissions and editorial functions, and to host your published journal in PDF, HTML, or XML formats. Publications can choose to use some or all of these features. Tufts doesn’t have a journal published on our platform yet, but you can see examples of other journals hosted on OJS at Boston College or Tulane.

The service is provided free of charge to eligible publications as laid out below, including faculty-edited publications, student publications, and publications from Tufts research groups.

We are excited to offer this new service to the Tufts community! Browse the pages of this guide for more information about the service, eligible publications, and how to submit a proposal. We invite you to get in touch with any questions or to discuss a potential project.

Editor/journal owners requirements

• Journals must have an affiliation with an academic department, campus unit, club, or center at Tufts University.
• Nonprofit, society or organization-stewarded publications without direct Tufts University affiliation will be considered with the sponsorship of an individual affiliated with an academic department, campus unit, club, or center at Tufts.

Publications requirements

• Publications will use the model Tufts University author’s agreement (see the Documents section at the bottom of this box) that allows authors to retain copyright and licenses content under a Creative Commons license. If publications wish to make changes to this agreement, or use their own, we will facilitate a conversation with University Counsel.
• Publications may not require author submission charges or Article Processing Charges (APCs).
• Each work in a hosted publication must, at a minimum, undergo editorial review. Publications are encouraged to adopt a form of peer review.
• Publications will provide written documentation of selection criteria and editorial practices.
• Publications will publish content at least annually.
• All content produced through Tufts Libraries publishing services will remain freely available to all readers if the publication moves to a new publisher.

Publications are encouraged to adhere to best practices and guidelines from the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and to adopt inclusive practices for peer review and editing and language, and to articulate their practices on the journal’s website.

A full list of responsibilities for journals publishing through Tufts Libraries is found in our Memorandum of Understanding for Open Access Journal Hosting (see the Documents section at the bottom of this box).

Documents

Editors interested in publishing a journal with Tufts Libraries should fill out the Journal Proposal Form. Proposals will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

The Tufts Libraries Scholarly Communication Team (SCT) will make editorial decisions on publication proposals submitted.