Workshops on Creating
Open Access Journals

Professor David Solomon, Founding Editor of “Medical Education Online” and author of "Developing Open Access Journals: A practical guide" (published by Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Limited), and professional publisher Caroline Sutton, Co-Action Publishing, have teamed up to offer workshops and specially-designed courses for scholar publishers and small publishing teams. Our interactive workshops and courses cover: Determining the scope, name, editorial board and governance structure, review processformat/style and layout for the journal

• Developing policies, procedures, and instructions for authors
• Options for web hosting, journal management, backup, and web development
• Estimating the resource requirements for operating the journal and developing a business plan and financing options to address those requirements
• Considerations in developing partnerships with academic libraries, university presses and/or working with professional publishers and other consultants/partners
• Indexing, archiving and dissemination issues in developing a new journal or enhancing access to an existing journal
• Preparing for launching the journal, including obtaining initial content, developing a reviewer pool, marketing and publicizing the journal
• Ensuring visibility through marketing and the creation of multiple entry points to your journal
  

Workshops consist of short didactic sessions, small group discussions and working individually under the direction of the faculty conceptualizing and designing a journal. Participants are provided with a series of forms, checklists and other written decision aides to use in working though the process of designing their journal and planning its implementation.

Workshops on Creating Open Access Journals