The Journal of Mediation & Applied Conflict Analysis

Free resource published bi-annually with an Irish and international focus on research, theory and practice in the areas of mediation and conflict analysis. Supported by the Edward M Kennedy Institute for Conflict Intervention at MU.

The Open Journal of Astrophysics

Collaboration between MU Library and Prof Peter Coles of the Department of Theoretical Physics after MU Library expressed a wish to expand their role in facilitating Open Publishing. Easy to use and flexible peer reviewed ejournal with no resource limitations.

                        The Irish Journal of Management

                            Published by Sciendo

The Irish Journal of Management (IJM) aims to publish well-written and well researched articles that will contribute to the understanding of management-related issues in both Irish and international contexts. The journal welcomes contributions from a wide range of management viewpoints, including inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary perspectives as well as traditional disciplines and functions. 

To read about the Action Plan for Diamond Access click here.

Maynooth University Library collaborates with a number of academic colleagues under the Maynooth Academic Publishing namespace on supporting and hosting their Open Journal publishing initiatives using diamond Open Access principles. We currently have 4 academic peer-reviewed journals published under the Maynooth Academic Publishing namespace with the editorial process managed by academic experts and hosting support and DOI provision managed by the Library. Maynooth University is strongly committed to open access and this has driven our endeavours to support Open Access library based publishing.

• Opportunity to address local needs and promote research
• Encouragement of Open Access publishing models and permissive licencing allowing a greater volume of high-quality Open Access scholarship
• Giving authors greater control over how their work is published and disseminated
• Facilitates publication of niche / very specialised topics, conference proceedings, grey literature, alternative formats etc, that may not fit the traditional publishing models
• Cost consideration in an era of rising subscription prices
• Expertise of library staff very transferable to local publishing support

Talks given during MU Library Research Week/Open Access Week 2020

• Open Journal Systems - Creating and running a peer-reviewed journal and Plan S compliance: Dr Brandt Dainow, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Twente, The Netherlands/ Department of Philosophy and Department of Computer Science, MU
• Open Journal Project - Journal of Military History and Defence Studies: Dr Ian Speller, Director of the Centre for Military History and Strategic Studies, Department of History
• 'Establishing new open access publishing partnerships: Maynooth University and Dancecult": Dr Alistair Fraser, Department of Geography
• LAI Library Publishing group seminar on Library Publishing series of talks including one given by Fiona Morley, Head of Digital Programmes, MU LIbrary

Open Journal Systems (OJS) is an open source software application for managing and publishing scholarly journals. Originally developed and released by PKP in 2001 to improve access to research, it is the most widely used open source journal publishing platform in existence, with over 25,000 journals using it worldwide. 

Open Monograph Press is an open source software platform for managing and publishing scholarly books. It can be used for managing the editorial workflow required to see monographs, edited volumes and scholarly editions through internal and external review, editing, cataloguing, production and publication.

Fiona Morley

Head of Digital Programmes and Information Systems

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Journal of Military History and Defence Studies

Peer-reviewed Open Access eJournal edited by Dr Ian Speller, Director of the Centre for Military History and Strategic Studies, Department of History, MU, in collaboration with MU Library. Fully hosted and mangaged by MU Library. Original research and contributions in military history and defence studies.

dancecult

Peer-reviewed Open Access eJournal established in 2009. Since 2020 it has been support by MU in collaboration with Dr Alistair Fraser, MU Department of Geography. It studies Electronic Dance Music Culture (EDMC) and is published once a year.

DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.

Maynooth University has other LibGuides related to all things Open Access:

• For more information on Open Access click here
• For more information on Open Access Publishing Agreements click here
• For more information on Research Support click here
• For more information on Scholarly Communication click here

Scholastica is a platform for sustainable, high-quality scholarly journal publishing

Digital Commons is a best-in-class hosted solution to openly publish, manage and showcase the full spectrum of your institution’s research and scholarship.

Sciendo is a leading provider of publishing solutions for academic journals, books and conference proceedings.

They publish over 500 titles, serving 300 scholarly and professional institutions in 40 different countries, publishing new and archival journal volumes and already-published books.