At KIT Library, we are offering a new publishing service for KIT members. This service is designed to assist editors of existing academic journals to transfer their journals to the academia-friendly university press. Take this test to determine if you should transfer your journal to university's own publisher, KIT Scientific Publishing.
The questionnaire is citable as DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000171636
1. Are you a member of one or more journal editorial boards?
2. Are any of these journals published as open-access or has a hybridA hybrid journal is a subscription-based journal with the option of publishing open access articles, supported by a fee from authors. content?
3. Is your journal published by a commercial publishing house?
4. Does the publisher make all editorial decisions, such as selecting editors?
5. As an editor, have you signed a contract limiting your involvement in the editorial work of other journals?
6. The publisher owns the journal’s title and content.
7. For open-access publication, do the authors have to pay an APC (Article Processing Charge)?
8. Do all editorial processeslike submission of papers, review process, follow-up with authors take place via email communication?
If you chose "Yes" more than 4 times, it’s time to FLIP your journal to us!
You can submit your answers now. After you click “submit”, you will have the opportunity to contact us.