Publish own open access journals and conference proceedings

You would like to publish a quality-assured open access journal, a conference volume or an anthology and need support with the implementation? Then you are in good hands with us!

Our service for your publication

Become an editor:in open access journals or conference proceedings

We support you in founding, managing and publishing your own open access journals or conference proceedings as well as in switching from closed to open access for your existing journals. We use the open source software Open Journal Systems, which covers the most important steps in the publishing process: Website design, editorial management, submission of articles, multi-step review processes, publication of articles and more. We provide the platform for you, take care of the technical operation and support you with the implementation. Responsibility for content and editing lies with the respective editors or editorial teams. If you have any special requests for your magazine in terms of functionality and design, we will implement them together if possible.

We offer you a comprehensive service for the open access publication of your scientific journals and edited volumes:

  • Technical support
    We take care of the technical setup, operation and ongoing support of your journal,
    e.g. defining user roles, software updates, evaluations, etc.
  • Quality assurance
    We provide support in configuring the review system,
    in complying with formal quality criteria and in checking for plagiarism.
  • Visibility
    We help publishers with indexing in the DOAJ directory
    (Directory of Open Access Journals), in other databases and reference services
    and with mandatory submission to the German National Library.
  • Formalities
    We take care of creating a correct imprint and privacy policy for you
    .

What other services can we provide to support you with your publication?
Please send us your questions and requests to the contact details below.

Free service for members of the TU Dresden

Our service is generally aimed at all academics. It is free of charge for members of TU Dresden, for all other users and for other services (e.g. work on the journal's website) a fee is charged. Please contact us for a quote.

Open Journal Systems

Here you will find information on Open Journal Systems (OJS), the world's best-known software for managing and publishing scientific journals.

Journals that are operated by the SLUB Dresden

Journals that are operated for the Specialized Information Service for Music (musiconn)

Journals that are operated for Leipzig University Library

Please feel free to contact us!

Do you have any questions or would you like an individual consultation?


Josephine Hartwig & Elfi Hesse
E-mail: diamondoa@slub-dresden.de