Pensoft Publishers

Pensoft is an independent academic publishing company, well known worldwide for its novel cutting-edge publishing tools, workflows and methods for text and data publishing of journals, books and conference materials. Through its Research and Technical Development department, the company is involved in various research and technology projects. Pensoft also provides services in website design and development, building of integrated publishing platforms and in science communication. Its editorial policies follow the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing, the NISO Recommended Practices for the Presentation and Identification of E-Journals (PIE-J), and, where relevant, the ICMJE Recommendations. Pensoft is an official DOAJ Supporter.

Pensoft describes itself as a publisher in the field of natural history with the aim of addressing a technological gap in scholarly publishing. Its milestones include: 1994, first book, "Catalogue of the Linyphiid Spiders of Northern Asia (Arachnida, Araneae, Linyphiidae)" by K.Y. Eskov; 1994, first book series, Pensoft Series Faunistica, comprising 120+ academic books about the fauna of various parts of the world; 2003, first participation in an EU-funded research project, collaborating in the FP6 project ALARM, whose aim was to assess and forecast changes in European biodiversity; 2008, first Open Access journal ZooKeys, described as revolutionising publishing in zoology as a digital-first scholarly outlet for studies in taxonomy, systematics and natural history; 2010, first publishing platform TRIADA, supporting the editorial and publication process at Pensoft journals; 2010, first semantically-enhanced biodiversity publications, with semantic enrichment and hyperlinked content introduced for the first time in a biodiversity article in the 50th issue of ZooKeys; 2013, Pensoft Writing Tool (now: ARPHA Writing Tool), described as the first digital-native, collaborative XML-based publishing solution to support the whole editorial process from submission to publication and archiving; 2013, ARPHA Publishing Platform, based on TRIADA, providing an end-to-end publishing solution for scholarly journals, including human-provided services; 2014, the Advanced Books platform.

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