From: Bourke, Amy <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 3:27 AM

Open Access journal Palgrave Communications publishes first papers
High quality, multidisciplinary journal across the humanities and
social sciences launches today

January 20 2014 – Palgrave Communications, the new high quality open
access (OA) online-only, multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary
journal will publish its first articles today.

The papers, which are all free to access, span a wide range of
disciplines including international studies, political science,
theatre and performance studies, and operational research.

The first edition of the journal includes a commentary by Dr W. James
Jacob, Institute for International Studies in Education, University of
Pittsburgh, on interdisciplinary research trends in higher education.
This is the first of several articles that will discuss
interdisciplinary research, which is much needed to help tackle global
challenges such as migration and water scarcity but can be difficult
within the traditional culture of academia.

Iain Hrynaszkiewicz, Head of Data and HSS Publishing, Open Research at
Nature Publishing Group/Palgrave Macmillan said:  “Palgrave
Communications was launched in response to demand from academics in
the humanities and social sciences and business for a high quality
journal that operates a fully open access publishing model, and which
promotes interdisciplinary research. We believe that this first batch
of papers reflects these goals excellently.”

Palgrave Communications was launched after a global survey of
academics in the humanities and social sciences, where 82% said that
they would publish OA if the best or most appropriate journal were OA.
68% thought that their specific area of interest would benefit from
journals that publish peer-reviewed OA.

Dr Michele Acuto, Senior Lecturer in Global Networks & Diplomacy,
Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy at University
College London said: “As well as being a multi-disciplinary journal,
Palgrave Communications is seeking to offer a space for more in-depth
and professionalized interdisciplinarity to flourish. The journal
offers a venue for different scholarly arenas to connect.

“Developing truly collaborative research takes time and dialogue, but
is something we hope Palgrave Communications can help with.”

Palgrave Communications offers immediate, free online dissemination of
all published articles via a CC BY license[1], and is committed to
speedy peer review and publication.

The journal is led by a large international, cross-disciplinary
Editorial Board of leading researchers. The full list of editorial
board members can be found here:

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The in-house Managing Editor, who oversees the editorial process, is Gino D’Oca.

Palgrave Communications offers authors an enhanced digital publishing
experience with industry-leading features such as article-level
metrics, including data from Altmetric, and enhanced article layout
and navigation. Palgrave Communications is the first Palgrave
Macmillan title to launch on a new publishing platform created by
Palgrave Macmillan’s sister company Nature Publishing Group.  There
are no restrictions on word limits: all articles that conform to the
required editorial standards of the journal will be published
regardless of length.

[1] Alternative Creative Commons licenses are available to authors on request.

The APC for Palgrave Communications will be GBP £750 (USD $1200) +VAT.

-ENDS-

For more information, contact:
Amy Bourke
Corporate Communications Manager
M: +44 (0) 7703717212
T: 020 7843 4603
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