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OA Journal Publishing Resource Index 1: New Journal Planning

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1.1 Overviews of OA Journal Planning

PLoS, p.2 (overview diagram of the publishing process).

Solomon, Chapter 3, pp. 49ff.

Solomon (OA),
https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/attachments/guide_to_developing_oa_journals.pdf

Stranach (2008), pp. 9 – 13,
http://pkp.sfu.ca/files/AfricaNewJournal.pdf

Sutton, 1.1,
http://web.archive.org/web/20131219004606/http://www.doaj.org/bpguide/

1.2 Developing a Prospectus for a New Journal

Sutton 1.1 – 1.2,
http://web.archive.org/web/20131219004606/http://www.doaj.org/bpguide/

Solomon, Chapter 3, pp. 51 – 53.

Solomon (OA),
https://www.uib.no/sites/w3.uib.no/files/attachments/guide_to_developing_oa_journals.pdf

1.2.1 Journal Prospectus Examples:

Several university presses have developed outlines for structuring a new journal prospectus (open access and otherwise). For example:

Athabasca University Press
http://www.aupress.ca/index.php/publish/journals

University of Calgary Press
www.uofcpress.com/files/press/Journal_Initial_Prospectus.doc

Sample journal prospectuses:

Aether: the journal of media geography
https://www.academia.edu/38487931/Aether_Journal_of_Media_Geography_Volume_1_Complete_Copy_

Postmedieval: a journal of medieval cultural studies
http://www.siue.edu/~ejoy/postmedievalProspectus.htm

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