With a team comprised of publishing and documentation professionals, and an expertise spanning more than two decades, we support journal editors in all their operations related to the publication and dissemination of scholarly and cultural publications. Ever since it was created, in 1998, Érudit has supported over 150 journal editors in their digital publishing endeavours.
With its wide range of quality services, competitive rates and personalized support for every publication, Érudit sets the standard for digital publishing and knowledge dissemination in the scholarly and cultural fields.
services
Based on international standards, our digital publishing chain enables us to produce thoroughly marked-up digital documents in XML format, ensuring their accessibility and metadata use as research data.
These files are optimized for online dissemination (tracking and quick download) and available in PDF, XML, XHTML, or ePub formats. Several digital publishing options are offered based on the journal’s specific needs.
Érudit offers its expertise and personalized support for the digitization of journals’ archives and that of other scholarly and cultural publications.
Over the past several years, Érudit has developed a strong dissemination strategy and efficient indexing services. Dissemination and indexing are fundamental in our work to expand the outreach of digital publications. Journals choose to be disseminated either behind a moving wall (12 months for scholarly journals, 36 months for cultural journals) or in immediate open access on the Érudit platform. The duration of the moving wall restricting access to scholarly journals meets the requirements of most international funding agencies.
Thanks to the thorough structuring of contents and compliance with international quality standards, we have signed agreements with major cataloguing platforms, such as WorldCat, Google Scholar, Francis, Repère, Persée, etc.
In total, over 1,100 institutions in 35 countries have a membership or a partnership agreement with Érudit for access to the journals disseminated on the platform. We are currently working on developing the membership and partnership revenues for editors by negotiating new agreements with library consortia or by offering new membership options.
Developed by Érudit, the Partnership for Open Access is an innovative model of collaboration between academic libraries and scholarly journals aimed at financially supporting publishers in the humanities and social sciences in an equitable and sustainable open access publishing environment.
We ensure long-term arching of the files in XML, XHTML, and PDF format, as well as their metadata. To this end, we offer persistent identification for all documents (using a URI address), and a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) tags each article in compliance with an international standard. In keeping with this goal of sustainably preserving data, Érudit has signed an agreement with Portico to ensure the safeguarding of files in the event of a major incident.
service costs
Digital publishing
The only costs billed to journals cover the digital publishing services. Our rates are established based on a calculation comprising the following factors:
- the chosen digital publishing option;
- the annual number of issues and articles;
- the complexity of the articles to be processed;
Dissemination, storage and preservation
The dissemination, storage, and preservation costs are covered by Érudit, with help from public funding and financial support from our partners. Érudit returns most membership revenues to journals.
Why Choose Érudit?
Highest quality standards
You have the assurance that the digital version meets the highest quality standards, without having to worry about the technical aspects of putting it online.
A national and international reach
Your journal benefits from the national and international reach of the Érudit platform, built over the years by the editorial quality of its content, its rigorous editorial process and the partnerships established.
An attentive and dedicated team
You are supported by an attentive and dedicated team with more than 20 years of expertise.
A source of income for your journal
You benefit from income through commercialization agreements and the Partnerships for Open Access established with libraries.
