Support to publications

The Université de Lorraine’s publication policy is based on 3 objectives:

• Ensure that scientific publications (journals, books, conference proceedings) are open access;
• Promote a scientific publishing ecosystem that respects essential principles such as quality, transparency and governance by the scientific community;
• Encourage bibliodiversity, i.e. diversity of actors, economic models and forms of publication.

The Open Publications Operational Committee (COPO) is led by the UL Documentation Department and brings together staff from Université de Lorraine Press (Édul), Maison des Sciences sociales et des Humanités Lorraine (MSH),  researchers and teacher-researchers from various disciplines. COPO proposes guidelines for the open access policy for publications on the Lorraine site to the Open Science steering committee and monitors its implementation.

For any questions:

Our services

• Specialized advice on open access publishing
• Training in open access publishing (HAL repository, copyright, Wikipedia, etc.)
• Local support from the Open Science ambassadors network  and the research support network (corresponding librarians)
• Statistical monitoring of open access publishing

Thesis

• Submission of doctoral thesis to theses.fr and HAL

Open Access Books

• Publication of Open Access Books by Université de Lorraine Press

Diamond Journals

• Support for journals on the Lorraine site (editorial quality, visibility, legal issues, etc.)
• Funding for diamond open access scientific journals (free for authors and readers)

HAL

• Quality control of deposits (metadata, files)
• Training and support

Read & Publish Agreements

• Management of subscriptions and APCs covered by UL agreements
• Monitoring of Article Processing Charges (APC) expenditure