You’ve heard of full journals receiving OA funding support, but did you know that if you are guest editing an OA special issue, that it is entirely possible to receive full OA funding on the special issue-level? Oftentimes, when OA funding has not yet been secured for the full journal, there is success in obtaining OA funding on a smaller scale, for a set number of articles (typically a special themed issue), which can then later put the full journal one step closing to becoming platinum.
Regardless of whether the special issue is being published in a gold or hybrid open access journal, it is possible to elevate it to platinum OA status (which means the special issue has full funding support), alleviating the need for the authors to pay an open access article processing charge (APC) should their work be accepted following the double-blind peer review.
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- Honorariums & Royalties
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- Flexible Timelines (Less Than 1 Year, if desired)
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An individual guest editor or institution/university may fund a special issue. Funders may choose to fund the entire special issue, or a set number of articles. Once the APCs for the special issue are paid for by the funder, each individual author will no longer have to provide their own funding.
Special issues are a wonderful opportunity for researchers to collaborate and publish research that is centered around a specific topic or theme. Special issues also present the opportunity to showcase the best papers from conferences, associations, or research institutions.
Open access publishing with IGI global offers numerous benefits, including:
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CC BY 4.0 license allows authors to retain the copyright to their work and hold greater sharing power.
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Increased discoverability of published content (89% higher download rate).
- Affordable OA processing charges and flexible subsidies and discounts.
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Specialty author services including copy editing and proofreading.
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Ethical publishing through a rigorous double-blind peer review. IGI Global is a full member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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Content is submitted for consideration to major indexes, abstracting services, and OA repositories.
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Wider professional recognition and opportunities for networking and collaboration due to the content being wholly open.
- Full publishing services with one-to-one
editorial support.
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ORCID integration.
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Compliance with OA mandates
APC pricing varies from journal to journal and also depends on the number of article manuscripts each funding body decides to fund. For more information regarding special issue publication and funding, please contact IGI Global’s Open Access Division
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openaccessadmin@igi-global.com.
About IGI Global
Founded in 1988, IGI Global, an international academic publisher, is committed to producing the highest quality research (as an active full member of the Committee on Publication Ethics “COPE”) and ensuring the timely dissemination of innovative research findings through an expeditious and technologically advanced publishing process. Through their commitment to supporting the research community ahead of profitability, and taking a chance on virtually untapped topic coverage, IGI Global has been able to collaborate with over 150,000+ researchers from some of the most prominent research institutions around the world to publish the most emerging, peer-reviewed research across 350+ topics in 11 subject areas including business, computer science, education, engineering, social sciences, and more.
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