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Doha
Qatar University Press launched its e-platform at an event attended by Dr Hassan Al-Derham, QU President, Prof Maryam Al-Maadeed, Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, and Dr Talal Abdulla Al-Emadi, Founding Director of QU Press.
This launch comes at a time when the local and international university publishing arena is clearly in need of such state-of-the-art digital platforms for effective communication with authors, researchers, readers and all audiences.
The website of the QU Press platform is https://qup.qu.edu.qa and includes a number of other leading university presses. The platform can track and download visitors. Its security is consistent with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and contributes to the development of the editing and production of books and journals, reflecting the professionalism and effectiveness of the editorial process.
Commenting on the launch, Dr Talal Abdullah Al-Emadi, founding director of the QU Press and professor of oil and gas law, said: “This newborn platform seeks to be among the leading platforms of university presses. It is set to provide ways to communicate professionally especially at a time when the world is still suffering from Covid-19 pandemic. The state-of-the-art platform will open up many global prospects for QU Press. It will exemplify global influence factor that develops digital publishing, marketing and sales as well as increasing citations of our unique and specialised references.”
QU Press is committed to keeping pace with industry best practice benchmarks for online academic publishing platforms and will always focus on transparency between books, magazines, authors, peer-reviewers and the press. In addition, the QU Press e-platform will be used to expedite and facilitate communication with authors and peer-reviewers; to use automatic responses, follow-up and reminder forms; to organize work with all partners remotely; and to expand the database of authors and peer-reviewers.
Electronic indexing, an increase in quotation and an improvement in the impact factor are other features of an inherent value. These can be achieved through the electronic submission of metadata, journals and book content; the transfer of data to global indexing platforms, digital academic repositories, e-libraries, global book distributors, as well as mobile research applications, such as: researcher, and personal search file building platforms, such as: ORCID & Research Gate.
With regard to books, in particular, the platform acts as a register of publishing applications, allowing authors to easily track their submissions. It also facilitates the submission, evaluation and peer review processes, as well as the provision of automated electronic archiving to preserve publications over the long term. It also makes it possible to display, locate and sell books in Arabic and English. In addition, books will be available online with their specific bibliographic data, which will allow indexing in international digital repositories, adding books to their databases for advanced search, thus improving citations.
In line with the objective of QU Press to include their journals in recognized indexing bodies, the platform allows the display of journals published under the umbrella of QU Press with their structure, content and appropriate features that facilitate their indexing on a long-term basis. Authors will therefore be required to submit their articles through individual accounts, so that all submissions and peer-review dates are kept in a single account.
The platform incorporates production-specific features such as iThenticate plagiarism checker software to verify the originality of written work, the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) system, and automatic support for export of metadata. These features enable QU Press journals to transfer metadata to external indexing and archiving repositories such as Pubmed and Medline for Biomedical Sciences, as well as the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Google Scholar and other tools. Journals and scholarly articles at Qatar University are therefore accessible and easy to read, track and download.
With regard to the marketing and sale of digital books and journals, the platform contributes to the distribution of news and events through links to QU Press social media channels. It aims to expand the opportunities for attracting new local and international readers and peer-reviewers, and will also be able to display journals and books, including hypertext, metadata and research, display online introductory videos, and announce invitations to publish such journals and books. The platform also facilitates automatic display and marketing on social media platforms, announcing QU Press news, and organising virtual events. Moreover, the platform is a comprehensive e-commerce solution for bookselling, distribution, and print-on-demand (PoD) services both locally and internationally.
Doha
Qatar University Press launched its e-platform at an event attended by Dr Hassan Al-Derham, QU President, Prof Maryam Al-Maadeed, Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, and Dr Talal Abdulla Al-Emadi, Founding Director of QU Press.
This launch comes at a time when the local and international university publishing arena is clearly in need of such state-of-the-art digital platforms for effective communication with authors, researchers, readers and all audiences.
The website of the QU Press platform is https://qup.qu.edu.qa and includes a number of other leading university presses. The platform can track and download visitors. Its security is consistent with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and contributes to the development of the editing and production of books and journals, reflecting the professionalism and effectiveness of the editorial process.
Commenting on the launch, Dr Talal Abdullah Al-Emadi, founding director of the QU Press and professor of oil and gas law, said: “This newborn platform seeks to be among the leading platforms of university presses. It is set to provide ways to communicate professionally especially at a time when the world is still suffering from Covid-19 pandemic. The state-of-the-art platform will open up many global prospects for QU Press. It will exemplify global influence factor that develops digital publishing, marketing and sales as well as increasing citations of our unique and specialised references.”
QU Press is committed to keeping pace with industry best practice benchmarks for online academic publishing platforms and will always focus on transparency between books, magazines, authors, peer-reviewers and the press. In addition, the QU Press e-platform will be used to expedite and facilitate communication with authors and peer-reviewers; to use automatic responses, follow-up and reminder forms; to organize work with all partners remotely; and to expand the database of authors and peer-reviewers.
Electronic indexing, an increase in quotation and an improvement in the impact factor are other features of an inherent value. These can be achieved through the electronic submission of metadata, journals and book content; the transfer of data to global indexing platforms, digital academic repositories, e-libraries, global book distributors, as well as mobile research applications, such as: researcher, and personal search file building platforms, such as: ORCID & Research Gate.
With regard to books, in particular, the platform acts as a register of publishing applications, allowing authors to easily track their submissions. It also facilitates the submission, evaluation and peer review processes, as well as the provision of automated electronic archiving to preserve publications over the long term. It also makes it possible to display, locate and sell books in Arabic and English. In addition, books will be available online with their specific bibliographic data, which will allow indexing in international digital repositories, adding books to their databases for advanced search, thus improving citations.
In line with the objective of QU Press to include their journals in recognized indexing bodies, the platform allows the display of journals published under the umbrella of QU Press with their structure, content and appropriate features that facilitate their indexing on a long-term basis. Authors will therefore be required to submit their articles through individual accounts, so that all submissions and peer-review dates are kept in a single account.
The platform incorporates production-specific features such as iThenticate plagiarism checker software to verify the originality of written work, the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) system, and automatic support for export of metadata. These features enable QU Press journals to transfer metadata to external indexing and archiving repositories such as Pubmed and Medline for Biomedical Sciences, as well as the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Google Scholar and other tools. Journals and scholarly articles at Qatar University are therefore accessible and easy to read, track and download.
With regard to the marketing and sale of digital books and journals, the platform contributes to the distribution of news and events through links to QU Press social media channels. It aims to expand the opportunities for attracting new local and international readers and peer-reviewers, and will also be able to display journals and books, including hypertext, metadata and research, display online introductory videos, and announce invitations to publish such journals and books. The platform also facilitates automatic display and marketing on social media platforms, announcing QU Press news, and organising virtual events. Moreover, the platform is a comprehensive e-commerce solution for bookselling, distribution, and print-on-demand (PoD) services both locally and internationally.
