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Co-publishing Partnerships

SPJ Publications offers collaborative publishing partnerships for academic journals, scholarly books, edited volumes, conference proceedings, and specialised scholarly series. These partnerships are designed for universities, academic institutions, professional societies, research organisations, associations, and other scholarly bodies seeking structured publishing support while retaining appropriate academic and editorial oversight. Each collaboration is established through a formal agreement that clearly defines the responsibilities of the participating parties, editorial authority, publishing and production processes, intellectual property and copyright arrangements, financial terms where applicable, ethical responsibilities, publication standards, and other relevant operational requirements. The objective is to establish a transparent and sustainable publishing framework that supports the academic mission of the collaborating organisation and ensures professional management of its scholarly publications.

Journal Management and Hosting: SPJ Publications provides journal management and hosting services for society-led, institutionally supported, sponsored, and independently managed scholarly journals. The service can support journals at different stages of development, including new journal establishment, migration of an existing journal platform, and improvement of established publishing workflows. Journal management support may include website and publishing-platform hosting, journal configuration, manuscript submission and tracking, editorial workflow management, reviewer coordination, communication with authors and editors, issue preparation, article publication, metadata management, DOI-related services, and technical maintenance. SPJ Publications can also provide the infrastructure required for regular online publication while supporting the editorial team in maintaining an organised and efficient publishing workflow.

Editorial and Production Services: SPJ Publications provides specialised editorial and production support to journals and scholarly publishing programmes that already have an established editorial structure but require additional operational or technical assistance. Services can be provided individually or as part of an integrated publishing workflow, depending on the requirements of the journal or publishing organisation.

Manuscript Processing and Peer-Review Coordination: Manuscript processing support may include submission screening, technical checks, communication with authors, reviewer invitation and coordination, tracking of review reports, revision management, and communication of editorial decisions. The editorial responsibility and final publication decision remain with the designated editor or editorial body in accordance with the journal's established policies. The workflow is designed to support timely and organised handling of manuscripts while maintaining appropriate confidentiality and ethical publishing practices.

Copyediting, Proofreading and Typesetting: Accepted manuscripts may be professionally copyedited and proofread to improve language clarity, grammar, consistency, formatting, references, headings, tables, figures, and other production-related elements. Typesetting is carried out according to the journal's or publication's established design and formatting requirements. Authors may receive proofs for final verification before publication, with corrections generally limited to necessary factual, typographical, or production-related errors.

XML and Digital Production: SPJ Publications supports digital production of scholarly content, including preparation of structured XML and other required digital formats where applicable. Digital production facilitates consistent presentation of articles, improves compatibility with online publishing systems, and supports the creation and exchange of structured metadata. Depending on the requirements of the journal or indexing and discovery services, production workflows may include article-level metadata, references, author information, affiliations, abstracts, keywords, tables, figures, and other structured content.

DOI Registration and Metadata Preparation: SPJ Publications can support DOI registration for eligible scholarly publications and prepare the associated bibliographic and article-level metadata. Metadata may include article title, author names, affiliations, abstract, keywords, publication information, references, funding details, licensing information, and other relevant identifiers. Accurate metadata preparation supports article identification, citation, linking, discoverability, and integration with appropriate scholarly databases and services.

Online Publication and Issue Management: SPJ Publications provides support for online publication and issue management, including preparation of individual articles, issue organisation, publication scheduling, article presentation, metadata display, and maintenance of published content. For journals operating on a regular publication schedule, support may include preparation and release of complete issues or continuous article publication, depending on the journal's publishing model. Published articles may be made available with appropriate citation information, DOI details, licensing information, and other publication metadata.

Integrated Publishing Support: Through its co-publishing, journal management, editorial, and production services, SPJ Publications can support the complete publishing lifecycle from manuscript submission and peer-review coordination through editorial processing, production, metadata preparation, DOI registration, and online publication. The scope of services is determined according to the requirements of the collaborating organisation and is documented in the applicable publishing or service agreement. All publishing activities are expected to follow applicable editorial policies, publication ethics standards, copyright requirements, and transparency principles.