[BOAI] Print Journal Converts to OA, Joins OHP

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from Sigi Jöttkandt.  --Peter Suber.]


For Immediate Release, October 5, 2009

Contact: Sigi Jöttkandt: sigij at openhumanitiespress.org

Open Humanities Press

PHILOSOPHY JOURNAL CONVERTS TO OA, JOINS OPEN 
HUMANITIES PRESS ­ Filozofski vestnik 
International, a peer-reviewed journal from the 
Institute of Philosophy, Scientific Research 
Centre of the Slovenian Academy of the Arts and 
Sciences, has converted to open access and become 
part of the Open Humanities Press collective.

The major new humanities publishing initiative, 
Open Humanities Press (OHP) 
(http://openhumanitiespress.org), is pleased to 
welcome its latest addition to the open access 
journal collective. Filozofski vestnik 
International, edited by Peter Klepec, is the 
first print-to-OA conversion OHP has undertaken.

"We are delighted to join OHP's list of 
prestigious OA journals" said Jelica Šumic-Riha, 
a member of the Filozofski vestnik International 
editorial board. "I'm sure that the journal will 
thrive surrounded by such a stimulating collective."

Filozofski vestnik International, the 
international edition of the Slovenian language 
journal, will continue to publish in print as 
well as OA. The editors explained their decision 
as a way of extending the small print runs that 
are subsidized by the Slovenian government. "The 
open access edition will reach a much wider 
audience than the paper versions. We see them as 
complementary," said Šumic-Riha.

Filozofski vestnik International's international 
advisory board includes Alain Badiou, Chair of 
Philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure, 
J.G.A. Pocock, Harry C. Black Professor of 
History Emeritus at Johns Hopkins University, 
Herta Nagl-Docekal, Professor of Philosophy at 
the University of Vienna, Chantal Mouffe, 
Professor of Political Theory at the University 
of Westminster, Manfred Frank, Professor of 
Philosophy at the University of Tübingen, Martin 
Jay, Sidney Hellman Ehrman Professor of History 
at the University of California, Berkeley.

Like all journals affiliated with OHP, Filozofski 
vestnik International was assessed by OHP's 
editorial oversight group for its fit with OHP's 
intellectual mission and publication standards. 
The conversion, using the Public Knowledge 
Project's Open Journal Systems, was overseen by 
Sigi Jöttkandt, one of OHP's co-founders. "I was 
thrilled when the prestigious print journal, 
Filozofski vestnik, approached us about their 
intention to go OA. I expect we will see a lot 
more academic editors turning to the print/OA 
hybrid model as a compelling way of getting work 
out to readers. This is an important milestone 
for OHP, and for humanities publishing." 
Filozofski vestnik International appears once a 
year with articles in English, French and German.

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Access publishing collective specializing in 
critical and cultural theory. OHP was formed by 
academics to overcome the current crisis in 
scholarly publishing that threatens intellectual 
freedom and academic rigor worldwide. OHP 
journals are academically certified by OHP's 
independent board of international scholars. All 
OHP publications are peer-reviewed, published 
under open access licenses, and freely and 
immediately available online at http://openhumanitiespress.org.




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