About the Journal
In this section you want to include any information about your journal that helps prospective authors, reviewers and readers know more about what you stand for and publish. We've included below some generic sample texts from the Columbia University Libraries Digital Publishing Workshop Editorial Workbook (© CC-BY 4.0) and our own suggested publisher policies.
Generic sample journal texts
About the Journal
The Library Sample Journal is an important publication with an august history. The Journal was founded in 2019 to provide opportunities for students and academics to learn about the publishing and editing practice. Through its broad and inclusive approach to editorial board creation, community development, and focus on ethical practice, this open access publication provides venues for new academics and subjects to enter the publishing landscape.
Mission
The Library Sample Journal promotes innovative, ethical, and diverse scholarship by providing students and faculty at Columbia University with the opportunity to learn editorial and publishing practice and a means to share research on subjects that are exciting and meaningful to them.
Aim and Scope
The Library Sample Journal aims to increase subject diversity and opportunities for historically elided groups to participate in academic publishing. The Editors welcome papers on topics relevant to the journal’s subject, which you should elaborate on here. Papers can be short or long (6–9,000 words is recommended, but there is flexibility in both directions at the discretion of the Editors), illustrated or not (a maximum of 12 illustrations), and polemical, topical, theoretical, archival, tightly focussed or wide-ranging in approach. They may be cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural, or not, depending on what kind of content you want to see in your journal. Current debates and topical issues are welcome. Articles are not remunerated and illustrations are the responsibility of individual contributors.
Read some examples of descriptive and innovative journal scopes: Journal of Biomedical Informatics, Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, and Feral Feminisms
UAL suggested default Open Access Statement
Journal of Amazing Things is a diamond open access journal that provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports the greater global exchange of knowledge.
Authors will never be charged to submit or publish a manuscript through Journal of Amazing Things, and all articles will be made available under a Creative Commons license, as indicated in the Copyright Notice section under the [link to location].
UAL suggested Digital Archiving Policy
This journal is archived with the Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Preservation Network and Scholars Portal Journals. These programs offer decentralized and distributed preservation, perpetual access, and preservation of the authentic original version of the content.
Not sure what to include?
Consider where you want your journal to be indexed and check out their requirements, like the DOAJ advice. Columbia University Libraries Digital Publishing unit has created an excellent two-page worksheet with some guiding questions that can help you determine what you want to include in your Mission, Aim, and Scope statement.
