Edinburgh University Press is a scholarly publisher of academic books and
journals, based in
Edinburgh
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, Scotland.
History
Edinburgh University Press was founded in the 1940s and became a wholly owned subsidiary of the
University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under th ...
in 1992. Books and journals published by the press carry the
imprimatur of The University of Edinburgh. All proposed publishing projects are appraised and approved by the Press Committee, which consists of academics from the university. Since August 2004, the Press has had Charitable Status.
In November 2013, Edinburgh University Press acquired Dundee University Press for an undisclosed sum, with a stated aim to increase textbook and digital sales, with a particular focus on law.
advised Edinburgh University Press on the terms of the acquisition.
Publishing
Edinburgh University Press publishes a range of research publications, which include scholarly
monograph
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s and
reference work
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s, as well as materials which are available on-line. The press also publishes
textbook
A textbook is a book containing a comprehensive compilation of content in a branch of study with the intention of explaining it. Textbooks are produced to meet the needs of educators, usually at educational institutions, but also of learners ( ...
s for students and lecturers.
[ The press publishes around 205 books and 42 journals each year.]
Ebooks
The press participates in the ebook platforms University Press Scholarship Online (as Edinburgh Scholarship Online), Books at JSTOR
JSTOR ( ; short for ''Journal Storage'') is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources founded in 1994. Originally containing digitized back issues of academic journals, it now encompasses books and other primary source ...
and University Publishing Online, and also works with a number of ebook aggregators.
Open access
EUP supports both gold
Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ...
and green open access publishing, and is one of 13 publishers to participate in the Knowledge Unlatched pilot, a global library consortium approach to funding open access books.
List of journals
* '' African Journal of International and Comparative Law''
* '' Architectural Heritage''
* '' Archives of Natural History''
* '' Ben Jonson Journal''
* '' Comparative Critical Studies''
* ''Corpora''
* '' Dance Research''
* '' Derrida Today''
* '' Edinburgh Law Review''
* '' Film-Philosophy''
* '' Innes Review''
* '' International Journal of Humanities and Arts Computing''
* '' Journal of Arabic and Islamic Studies''
* '' Journal of Beckett Studies''
* '' Journal of British Cinema and Television''
* '' Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies''
* '' Journal of Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies''
* '' Journal of Qur'anic Studies''
* '' Journal of Scottish Historical Studies''
* '' Journal of Scottish Philosophy''
* '' Oxford Literary Review''
* ''Paragraph''
* '' Psychoanalysis and History''
* ''Romanticism''
* '' Scottish Archaeological Journal''
* '' The Scottish Historical Review''
* '' Studies in World Christianity''
* '' Translation and Literature''
* '' Word Structure''
Business
The trustees normally meet five times a year, and are responsible for the conduct of the Edinburgh University Press.[
Edinburgh University Press achieved combined book and journal revenues of over £4,000,000 for the year ending 31 July 2021, a 9% increase on the previous year, earning a profit of £316,000.][
]
References
External links
Official website – Corporate information and journals publishing programmeOfficial website – books publishing programme
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