Operating a Student Academic Journal

Student Journal Publication

The Digital Publishing Workshop @ Columbia

• Workshops on academic publishing
• Tools, resources and documents for journal editors
• Recommended readings

PKP Student Journal Toolkit

• Gives guidelines for starting or joining a journal
• Directed at open access publishing, but useful for any journal

DOAJ OA Journals Toolkit

• provides guidance for new and established open access journals to navigate the rapidly changing scholarly publishing landscape.
• Includes information on how to get indexed so your journal will be more discoverable

Editorial Process

McGill Library: Checklist for Outgoing Editorial Team

• A list of steps that should be taken by outgoing editors when new editors are stepping in.

Committee on Publication Ethics

• Core Practices
• Short Guide to Ethical Editing for New Editors

Editors' Association of Canada's Professional Editorial Standards

Open Access Publishing

PKP School

• Courses on how to use Open Journal Systems and operating an academic journal

PKP Docs: OJS Guides

• Guides on how to use various elements of Open Journal Systems

Developing Open Access Journals: A practical Guide

By David J. Solomon, PhD

• A more detailed overview of the process
• This document focuses on open access, but much of the information is revenant even if you are not planning to be open access

Creative Commons

• Licenses which let the creator make a work able to be shared, altered or used freely, to the degree which the creator wishes

Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association

• Principles of Transparency and Best Practices in Scholarly Publishing
• Webinar Slides
  • Slides from seminars on a variety of topics related to scholarly publishing

Open Science Network Austria:

• Checklist for the Publication of Open Access Journals at Research Institutions

Peer Review

Nature Masterclass: Focus on Peer Review

• A free online course focused on the peer review process
• The course is directed at reviewers, but includes lots of information that would be useful for editors

Committee on Publication Ethics

• Ethical Guidelines for Peer Reviewers

Software and Platforms

Open Journal Systems

Resources for Authors

Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication at UBC

• Offer writing consultations by appointment and workshops about elements of academic writing

UBC Research Commons

• workshops and assistance with the research process