Since 2006, the University of Bologna has provided qualified staff and the technological infrastructure for the online publication of scientific Open Access journals through the AlmaDL Journals service.

The service is dedicated to peer-reviewed journals owned by Departments, Centres or Other Structures of the University of Bologna or owned by entities, associations, organisations, foundations or other organisations acting in the field of scientific research with which a publishing agreement has been concluded. It is aimed both at newly founded publishing initiatives and at journals already published in digital or printed form.

AlmaDL Journals guarantees secure and reliable access to journals, ensures permanent online tracking, retrieval and citability by assigning persistent identifiers to articles. An agreement with the National Central Libraries of Florence and Rome guarantees legal deposit and long-term preservation.
AlmaDL manages the technological platform for publication and editorial management and supports editorial offices by providing them with assistance, services and tools that contribute to increasing the quality and impact of the journals.
Some of the journals published through AlmaDL Journals have obtained 'class A' classification by ANVUR and inclusion in the bibliometric databases SCOPUS and Web of Science.

The general characteristics and modalities of the service are described in the Terms and Conditions of use of the AlmaDL Journals service [.pdf 240 KB].

AlmaDL offers support, in particular for:

 

How to join the service:

In order to activate a Journal in AlmaDL Journals, the Editor-in-Chief must:

  • arrange a preliminary meeting with AlmaDL Journals staff;
  • complete and digitally sign the Publication Request Form;
  • read, accept and digitally sign the Terms and Conditions of use of the AlmaDL Journals service [.pdf 240 KB];
  • enclose the extract of the minutes of the Departmental body or other University Structure, in which the willingness to publish the Journal through AlmaDL Journals is acknowledged;
  • attach, for journals already published with previous publishers, appropriate documentation proving the acquisition of the necessary rights to publish the journal through AlmaDL Journals.

All documentation should be sent to the e-mail address ojs@unibo.it

Membership of the service is effective for all contributions collected in the Journal and subsequently published through AlmaDL Journals. 

The Editor-in-Chief of the Journal will take care of acquiring directly and independently appropriate releases from the authors/rights holders of the contributions collected in the Journal.

AlmaDL provides a model release: request for authorisation and release for publication of contributions in a journal [.docx 36 KB]. Italian version [.docx 36 KB].
The preservation of acquired documents is the responsibility of the Director.