Application deadline: March 31, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. (PDT)
Start of dissemination on erudit.org: January 2027
As part of the Coalition Publica partnership, Érudit launches an annual call for applications for scholarly journals wishing to be disseminated on its platform from January 2027, and thus benefit from its journal services and those of Coalition Publica, such as the funding offered through the Partnership for Open Access.
Services for journals
- Digital publishing
Érudit provides XML file markup and production for current and back issues. Érudit also offers a supplementary digitization and dissemination service for journals’ archives/back issues. Journals remain owners of all digital files produced by Érudit. - Dissemination
Érudit has signed agreements with international aggregators and discovery services, such as Google Scholar, Crossref and major integrated library systems, ensuring full visibility of published articles. - Preservation
Érudit works with partners, such as Portico and Scholars Portal to ensure permanent archiving of platform content.
The Érudit platform was originally designed for journals in the social sciences and humanities (SHS), and may not suit all editorial practices. A journal’s choice to disseminate on Érudit will therefore always be dependent on its evaluation of the service offer provided, in accordance with its particular needs.
Financial support
Scholarly journals on erudit.org are available in full open access or with a 12-month moving wall. Érudit provides funding to journals according to their choice of access through Canadian and international consortial agreements, the Partnership for Open Access, as well as institutional and individual subscriptions. More than 700 libraries worldwide have a partnership or subscription agreement with Érudit.
The Partnership for Open Access (POA) enables open access publishing in Canada. The POA provides financial support to non-commercial scholarly journals through the ongoing commitment of library partners and is based on a close collaboration between all stakeholders of the research ecosystem. Part of the diamond open access movement, the POA is building a collective, equitable, and robust path for the dissemination of knowledge.
Please note that journals that require the payment of Article Processing Charges (APC) from authors are not eligible for funding through the POA.
Coalition Publica and the use of OJS
Coalition Publica promotes the use of Open Journal Systems (OJS) software, developed by Public Knowledge Project (PKP). OJS is an open-source software used to manage the editorial process and publishing of scholarly journals. To find out more about the services offered by Coalition Publica, visit the website.
Fees and conditions
- The Érudit team will provide a quote based on the type of digital processing chosen by the journal.
- Journals are only charged for digital publishing and digitization services. The hosting, dissemination and preservation of content is offered free of charge.
Selection criteria
To be eligible, journals must meet the following criteria:
- The journal must follow a rigorous and independent peer review process : research articles must be reviewed by at least two independent experts. Érudit accepts an editorial review process for some disciplines in the arts, literature, and humanities.
- At least one third (⅓) of the journal’s main editorial team must be made up of researchers affiliated with a Canadian post-secondary educational institution*, and/or the journal must be owned by a Canadian not-for-profit organization.
- The journal must publish at least six original peer reviewed articles per year.
- The journal must have been published for at least two years as a peer-reviewed scholarly journal.
- The journal must not charge fees to authors (Article processing charges or APCs), whether for submission or any other fee conditional to the publication of the article.
- The journal must have clear copyright and usage licence policies, or be ready to implement them before its arrival on the platform.
- If a student journal, the editorial team must be supervised by a researcher affiliated with a Canadian post-secondary educational institution and the journal receive substantial institutional support.
As a national platform for research dissemination, Érudit is committed to principles of transparency and is responsible for ensuring that its content meets certain quality standards. Any application refusal will be accompanied by a clear justification. Journals whose applications are refused may reapply in a subsequent year, provided that the reasons for the negative decision have been addressed.
*If the journal’s main editorial team has slightly less than ⅓ of researchers affiliated with a Canadian post-secondary educational institution, the fact of the journal being hosted by a Canadian university library can be considered in this criteria. Please contact us for more information.
Process
- Complete the online application form. To help prepare your answers, you can view the form in PDF.
- Érudit’s Scientific Committee will examine the applications and will approve, reject or outline conditions for the inclusion of the journal on the erudit.org platform.
- Choose a type of digital production. Érudit will provide journals with a proposal with two options:
– Minimal XML (metadata tagging, production of articles in PDF format). See an example.
– Full XML (metadata and full text tagging, production of articles in PDF and HTML). See an example. - Sign contracts between the journal and Érudit. Contracts must be returned to Érudit before July 31, 2026, otherwise the journal will not be integrated in 2027.
Contacts
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To communicate in French:
About Érudit and Coalition Publica
Dedicated to open knowledge, Érudit’s mission is to support digital publishing and research in the humanities and social sciences. As a research infrastructure supported by an inter-university consortium, Érudit is committed to open access and open science, and offers a wide range of digital publishing and dissemination services.
The erudit.org platform provides access to a vast and unique collection of digital publications in French and English, including journals, books, proceedings, and theses. The foremost Canadian research dissemination platform for the arts, humanities, and social sciences, Érudit offers a window to the wealth of knowledge produced in Canada and beyond. www.erudit.org
Coalition Publica, the partnership between Érudit and the Public Knowledge Project, was specifically designed to support the SSH community in the transition towards sustainable open access. Coalition Publica pursues this goal through the development of a non-commercial, open source national infrastructure dedicated to digital scholarly publishing, dissemination, and research—combining PKP’s Open Journal Systems (OJS) software and Érudit’s digital dissemination platform (erudit.org). www.coalition-publi.ca