Open Access Publications

OAP, short for Open Access Publications, is the University of Geneva Library’s service for publishing open access electronic journals. It provides a solution for hosting, publishing, and managing the editorial workflow of open access electronic journals.

• The service is based on OJS (Open Journal Systems),a specialised software solution used to manage manuscript submissions, peer review, issue publication, and the online dissemination of articles

• The OAP team supports editorial boards in setting up  their journal and managing its technical aspects. It is also responsible for maintaining the service’s technical infrastructure.

• The service is intended for both new journals and already established journals

Eligibility criteria for journals

To use the OAP service, journals must meet the following criteria:

• The journal and all its contents must be published in Open Access
• The editorial board must included at least one person affiliated with UNIGE
• The journal must publish at least 5 articles per year
• The journal must comply with the service's General Terms of Use, which define the respective responsibilities and obligations of the journal and OAP
• The publisher and the editorial board must follow recognised standards and good practices in scholarly publishing, including the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
• The publisher and editorial board must ensure that the journal’s website includes all the information required for inclusion in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Hosted journals

Workflow-supported journals

Interested in creating or migrating a journal to OAP?

Editorial teams interested in using the service can contact OAP to present their project, assess whether it meets the service’s criteria, and discuss the next steps for setting it up.