Toolbox

This toolkit is aimed at the editorial teams of scientific journals, but also at anyone interested in open science and the distribution of open access journals.

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Here you’ll find a wealth of resources for setting up a journal: what are the legal requirements? Who can own the title of the journal? How to reference your journal? and so on.

This toolbox also contains more general information on open access publishing: what are the different licences? What is Sherpa Romeo for? How to avoid plagiarism? and so on.

Creating a journal Mock-up

Typesetting and proofreading

The Centre Mersenne provides services for typesetting and proofreading. This expression immediately brings to mind the article's online presentation, its proper viewing: typography, display of metadata, layout... But what...

Creating a journal Identity of the journal

Editorial standards

Editorial standards make it possible to homogenise texts and facilitate readability. It is a matter of choosing layout rules (line spacing, alignment, presentation of captions, visuals, etc.) as well as the rules for..

Identity of the journal Organisation of the journal

Visual identity

The visual identity enables the magazine to be identified on the various communication media. What will be the logo of the journal? The logo should be simple and immediately distinguishable...

Organisation of the journal Scientific publishing

The editorial team

Different committees are involved in the publication of a scientific journal: the scientific committee, the editorial committee and the reading committee. The choice of people is very...

Identity of the journal Organisation of the journal Scientific publishing

The journal’s identity and editorial line

Prior to creating a journal, it is important to determine whether it is long-term and relevant. The first questions that should be asked concern the journal's objective in the short and medium term: why create a journal and what do we want to achieve in one year? in 3 years? How will...

Editorial policy Ethics Organisation of the journal

Defining a journal’s editorial policy

Having defined the editorial team, the next step is to address the issue of editorial policy. It is a question here of specifying the identity of your journal, by defining a certain number of...