Septentrio Academic Publishing

Septentrio Academic Publishing is an academic publishing service operated by the University Library of Tromsø at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. It provides both the information-technology infrastructure and the editorial support that scholarly journals need to publish online. The service is built on Open Journal Systems (OJS), the open-source journal management and publishing software developed and distributed by the Public Knowledge Project under the GNU General Public License. OJS covers the full editorial workflow, from manuscript submission through peer review to the online publication of finished articles. Septentrio's offering is a combination of tools and human support. The University Library supplies the OJS platform and offers editorial support for establishing a new journal, training for editors in the use of OJS, and ongoing operational support. It also works with editors to ensure efficient internet distribution of content to relevant search engines and databases so that articles achieve maximum distribution and retrieval. The journals themselves retain full responsibility for editorial work, including manuscript handling, peer review and publishing decisions. A defining condition of the service is open access. Septentrio provides its services to hosted journals free of charge, provided that publications and all their content are made freely available without any requirement that users create accounts, log in or subscribe in order to access content. The service is funded by the university library of UiT The Arctic University of Norway, and it is affiliated with OASPA (Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association) and AEUP (Association of European University Presses). Septentrio hosts a portfolio of scholarly journals, including 1700-tal: Nordic Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, described as an international, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal. The service invites editors of existing journals who are considering a transition to digital editions to contact them, and encourages scientific groups thinking of establishing new publication channels to get in touch. Library staff working with Septentrio have included Aysa Ekanger (service coordinator), Per Pippin Aspaas, Jan Erik Frantsvåg, Huw Robert Grange, Obiajulu Odu and Karl Magnus Nilsen, with overall responsibility for the publishing service resting with library director Johanne Raade.

Septentrio Academic Publishing is the scholarly publishing service of the University Library of Tromsø at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. It was established to give scholarly journals an institution-based route to digital, open-access publication, combining the Open Journal Systems (OJS) software platform with hands-on editorial support from library staff. The service is built on Open Journal Systems, the open-source journal management and publishing software developed, supported and freely distributed by the Public Knowledge Project under the GNU General Public License. OJS is described by Septentrio as a leader in institution-based publishing, covering both the editorial work processes around submission and the online publishing of the finished article. The site runs on OJS 3.5.0.5. From its base at the University Library of Tromsø, Septentrio offers a defined set of services: IT tools for editorial work and a support service for editors. The library offers editorial support for establishing a new journal, training and running support for editors in using OJS, and works with editors to ensure efficient internet distribution of content to relevant search engines and databases to achieve maximum distribution and retrieval. Responsibility for the editorial work with manuscripts, peer reviewing and publishing remains with each journal. The service is offered to hosted journals free of charge on the condition that publications and all their content are made freely available without any demand that users create accounts, log in or subscribe in order to access content. Septentrio's operations are funded by the university library of UiT The Arctic University of Norway. The service is affiliated with OASPA (Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association) and AEUP (Association of European University Presses). Septentrio hosts a portfolio of scholarly journals. Among those named in its public materials is 1700-tal: Nordic Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, an international, multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal. The service actively invites editors of existing journals who are considering a transition to digital editions to contact them, and suggests that scientific groups thinking of establishing new publication channels get in touch by email. Library staff working with Septentrio have included Aysa Ekanger (service coordinator), Per Pippin Aspaas, Jan Erik Frantsvåg, Huw Robert Grange, Obiajulu Odu and Karl Magnus Nilsen. Overall responsibility for the publishing service is with library director Johanne Raade.

• Septentrio Academic Publishing operates as the publishing service of the University Library of Tromsø, UiT The Arctic University of Norway.

• The service runs on Open Journal Systems (OJS) 3.5.0.5.

• Septentrio is affiliated with OASPA and AEUP.

A free, open-access, institution-based scholarly publishing service provided by a university library, combining OJS infrastructure with editorial support.

• Open Journal Systems (OJS) hosting

  Open-source journal management and publishing software used to handle submission, peer review and online publication.

• Editorial support for new journals

  Support for establishing a new journal and for editors using OJS.

• Distribution and indexing support

  Work with editors to distribute content to relevant search engines and databases.

1. 1Septentrio Academic Publishingseptentrio.uit.no
2. 2Aboutseptentrio.uit.no
3. 3About Open Journal Systemsseptentrio.uit.no
4. 4Septentrio Academic Publishingwikidata.org