OU journal selected to launch Scottish Universities Press journal programme

The Open University's Classical Studies journal, ‘New Voices in Classical Reception Studies’, has been selected as the pilot journal for Scottish Universities Press’s (SUP) new journal publishing programme.

Founded in 2006, New Voices is an open access journal of international renown. It provides a supportive forum for research that explores how the ancient world has been received, reworked and reimagined.  It welcomes work that crosses disciplinary boundaries, experiments with form and brings forward voices that have historically been under-represented in the field.

By selecting New Voices as its pilot journal, SUP is launching the programme with a publication that embodies the values of openness, inclusivity and intellectual curiosity. The SUP Editorial Board was particularly impressed by the journal's commitment to mentoring early career researchers and maintaining transparent editorial processes.

The Co-editors Joanna Paul (OU) and Fiona Hobden (OU in Scotland) welcomed the announcement:

“We are delighted that SUP has chosen New Voices to lead its pilot journal programme. Over the past twenty years, our journal has gained a high profile as an innovative and inclusive home for cutting-edge research in classical reception studies. We are excited to be working with SUP, an organisation whose values align so closely with our own, on the next stage of the journal’s growth and development.”

SUP is a not-for-profit open access publishing initiative created by Scotland's higher education libraries. It aims to provide sustainable and affordable publishing routes for researchers, helping make academic work freely available to readers around the world. As a member of SUP, the OU is helping to shape new models of scholarly publishing that increase the reach of research while reducing barriers to access.

Richard Nurse, the OU Library's representative on the SUP Management Board, said:

"As a Library and a University founded on openness, we see our commitment to SUP as an important contribution to new academic publishing models. We wish New Voices every success in this exciting new chapter."

Over the coming months, SUP and the editorial team will work together to migrate the New Voices archive to its publishing platform, hosted by the University of Edinburgh Library. The pilot will help develop a sustainable publishing service that can support additional journals in the future while enhancing the visibility and accessibility of research.

To find out more about the SUP and its not-for-profit open access publishing model, visit the SUP website. OU staff interested in learning more about publishing opportunities through SUP can also contact Richard Nurse.