Open Research at Emerald

Who we are: We were founded in 1967 to champion new ideas that would advance the research and practice of business and management. Today, we continue to nurture fresh thinking in applied fields where we feel we can make a real difference, now also including health and social care, education and engineering.
What we do: Emerald manages a portfolio of nearly 300 journals, more than 2,500 books, 1,500 teaching cases and an open research platform. Emerald’s aim has always been to publish rigorous academic research that helps people gain insights and make decisions in the real world.
What drives us: Helping our communities make decisions that count based on research that matters. We believe that Real Impact is about far more than citations. It’s about making a difference. Impact is the provable effects of research in the real world.
Emerald: Who we are and what we do?

At Emerald we are open to all when it comes to our open access routes to publication.
We believe in driving innovation in open publishing models. We seek to respond specifically to the needs of researchers in the disciplines we serve.
Emerald is committed to working with libraries, policy makers, funders, end users, publishers to recognize the mutual contributions made to the scholarly communications system, and with sustainability as the key goal for all.
Emerald understands that ‘Open’ means more than just open access, it is also about extending the reach and impact of research beyond academia, making it accessible, digestible and discoverable.
We are open to all…

What makes Open Research at Emerald different?

Author Choice

We provide the broadest range of open access publishing models for authors
Journals
Books
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All types of research can be published from original research articles to case studies and datasets
In September 2017, Emerald announced a zero embargo policy across all journals, giving all authors at least one route to make their work open.
Authors can publish Gold Open Access in any Emerald journal through the hybrid option
We’ve flipped the International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management to open access from 2018 onwards
Author Choice

Visibility and Discoverability

We made a start by becoming signatories of the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) guidelines.
We work harder to ensure that open access content is discoverable.
Developments include enhanced metadata, new webpages on emeraldinsight.com and egp.com, and clearer labelling of open access content.
Visibility and Discoverability

Exploring new publication models

We have launched an open access books programme. Our first Open Access monograph published in September 2018.
Under the Emerald Publishing Services’ programme we publish a growing number of Platinum open access journals, - whereby the costs of publishing an open access Journal are sponsored by a third party (i.e. institution / association). All articles published in that journal are automatically published as open access, with no cost to the author.
In 2019 year we launched a new open access platform Emerald Open Research in partnership with F1000.
Exploring New Publication Models

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Open Research

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Rapid publication
Open peer review
Open data policy
Author led approach
Traditional & non traditional article types . E.g. - case studies and datasets.
Allows research to be assessed on its own merits, not where it is published.

How does it work?

Gateways
The initial focus for submissions will be on six gateways aligned to the UN sustainable development goals.
Each gateway has been appointed with an advisory board who are advocates of the platform.
Research outputs in these vital areas can reach a truly global audience without delay.

‘At Emerald, open research forms a vital step towards our vision of real impact. Like with all research publishing landmarks in the past 50 years – whether it be the arrival of the internet, digital technology or social media – change must be embraced.’
Tony Roche, Publishing & Strategic Relationships Director
Open and Honest : The future of research publishing has landed