UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD PRESS
Proposed Title: (must be unique and reflect the content. Please provide two alternatives):
Proposed Editor(s) (title, name, institution and country):
Journal Specification:
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Proposed launch date:
No. of issues per year:
No. of papers per year:
Nature of submissions (e.g. practitioner section, articles, conference diary, news section,
book review, interviews):
Review process: Double/Single Blind
Will there be any multimedia content?
EDITORIAL TEAM
Proposed Editorial Team, Editorial Advisory Board members and their affiliations and
countries:
What activities are you planning to do to engage the Editorial Advisory Board and
encourage the members to promote the journal?
EDITORIAL INFORMATION
Rationale for launching the proposed journal (Has this developed out of
teaching/research/both? How does it address a gap in the market of existing journals/how is it
distinctive? How do you see the subject field evolving over the next 5-10 years? Will the
journal have international applicability and reach?):
Editorial objectives and coverage (What are the aims of the proposed journal and the key
topics that the journal will cover?):
Key research areas covered in the journal (please provide some keywords):
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Target market (for both authors and readers - is your journal aimed at academics,
postgraduate researchers, undergraduates, professional etc. Think in international terms, e.g.
would your title be appropriate for the North American market?):
How do you plan to commission high quality content? (e.g. Calls for papers, conferences
etc.)
How do you propose to fund the publication? E.g. grant funding, School research
funds
Do you have any copy in hand that can be used for the first issue? If so, please provide
article title, authors names and locations:
Which are the leading institutions and centres of excellence in the field worldwide?
(Use this section to demonstrate the global spread of interest (or specifically regional if
applicable) in this subject area):
Expected contributors by percentage:
Academics
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Practitioners
%
Consultants
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Students
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How do you plan to encourage citations to the published articles?
Competition analysis
Title:
Publisher:
Editor:
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
What differentiates the proposed title?
MARKETING INFORMATION
Unique Selling Points (USPs):
(At least 2 USPs please. How is the journal different from other journals in the same field?
Alternatively (or as well as), include great reasons to write for the journal.)
Professions and industries that this title would appeal to in the private and/or public
sectors (if applicable):
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Pre-launch promotional plan:
(List conferences where the proposed title could be promoted, organisations, scholarly and
professional societies which could be approached with calls for papers and listservs where
journal news could be posted.)
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Conferences (please highlight relevant conferences and conference tracks):
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Associations and Societies (please give an idea of membership size):
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Listservs and Mailing Lists (how many members do subscribe?):
Partnership opportunities:
(With reference to the plan above, which organisations/societies do you and other members
of the editorial team already have links with, e.g. as members, regular attendees, keynote
speakers? How do you plan to use these links for the benefit of the proposed journal? )
Is this proposal under consideration with any other Publisher?
Proposed Editor(s) (title, name, institution and country):
Journal Specification:
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Proposed launch date:
No. of issues per year:
No. of papers per year:
Nature of submissions (e.g. practitioner section, articles, conference diary, news section,
book review, interviews):
Review process: Double/Single Blind
Will there be any multimedia content?
University of Huddersfield Press – Journals proposal form ver2.0 – May 2013