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Journal Hosting and Publishing Service

This is one of the digital services

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Maxwell Library's Journal Hosting and Publishing is a service available to the editorial board with at least one member who is a current BSU faculty member. 

This service supports the BSU community to publish and archive academic journals for open access at Virtual Commons.

Please view some of journals published through this library service. 

This journal hosting and publishing Service offers:

  • Provide a comprehensive journal hosting and publishing platform 
  • Provide consultations on scholarly publishing projects
  • Collaborate to develop the journal website, publishing workflow, peer-review process, etc.
  • Provide usage data with PlumX Metrics integrated to demonstrate the journal impact 
  • Support for all content types (e.g. multimedia)
  • Provide training on the use of the platform
  • Support for several reader tools, such as RSS feeds 

This journal hosting and publishing platform allows:

  • Authors to submit manuscripts and agree to the terms of publication
  • Journal editors to assign articles to peer reviewers
  • Reviewers to submit their reviews online
  • Journal editors to publish and distribute manuscripts
  • Journal editors to view the usage data in a Dashboard

If you have questions or would like to set up a consultation, please contact us to explore the possibilities for partnering with us to publish your scholarly journal.