Publishing standards

This page sets out the standards the press applies to everything it publishes. They are deliberately few, and each one is something the press already does rather than intends to do.

Identifiers

Every book receives an ISBN for each language edition at publication. Every title also receives a Digital Object Identifier through Zenodo, the open repository operated by CERN. The DOI is assigned when the first material for a title is deposited, so that a book can be cited reliably before it is in print, and it does not change when the full text replaces the sample at publication. Each language edition has its own DOI, and the editions are cross-referenced in the repository record.

Licensing and access

Work deposited by the press is published under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 licence. Readers may copy, share and build on it for non-commercial purposes provided the author and the press are credited. Sample chapters are open from the moment a title is announced. The full text of each book is made available through the same repository at publication.

Peer review

Every book is reviewed by external specialists before it is accepted. The process is described on the peer review page. The written report, the outcome, and a record of the changes made in response are kept for each title, and the record of changes is published with the book.

Conflicts of interest

The press was founded by the author of its inaugural title. That title was reviewed under the same process as any other manuscript, by reviewers external to the press, and its review record is published on its catalogue page. Where a future title is written by anyone with a role at the press, the same rule applies: external review, a published record, and no part in the decision for the person concerned.

Corrections

When an error is found in a published work, the press corrects it. Minor corrections are made in the deposited text and noted in the repository record as a new version, so that earlier versions remain available and the change is visible. A substantive correction, one that affects an argument or a result, is announced on the title page and in the repository record. A work is withdrawn only where its findings cannot stand, and the record of its withdrawal remains public.

Research integrity

The press publishes work that states its sources, shows its data where data are used, and distinguishes what is established from what is proposed. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of what they submit and for obtaining any permissions required. The press does not publish work that has been published elsewhere in substantially the same form without saying so.

Preservation

Everything the press deposits in Zenodo is preserved under that repository’s long-term retention policy, independently of this website and of the press itself. The website is a catalogue and a place of commentary; the repository is the record.

Questions about any of these standards may be sent to [email protected].