Publishing and Sharing Scholarship at JMU
JMU Libraries is committed to providing a range of opportunities for JMU students and faculty to openly create and share scholarship.
To that end, we are pleased to support a variety of platforms on which JMU community members can share their scholarly and creative works, collaborate on research projects, or create new works. These platforms for publishing and sharing scholarship include Aviary, Open Science Framework, Scholarly Commons, and Pressbooks.
We also provide help with scholarly publishing, open access funding, journal publishing, and book publishing, all described on this page.
We seek partnerships within JMU and beyond to broaden this portfolio of platforms and publishing services to advance research, creative expression, and learning at JMU. Contact a member of the Data & Scholarly Communications department with any questions.
Help with Scholarly Publishing
- Make more confident decisions about copyright and fair use and understand and retain your rights as an author
- Use open licenses to share your work
- Evaluate traditional and open access publishing opportunities
- Avoid publishing scams
- Participate in Scholarly Commons or Aviary, platforms for sharing academic and research outputs from the JMU community
Open Access Funding
Learn more about the open access fund to offset article processing charges that may be associated with making a journal article open access.
Journal Publishing
JMU Libraries publishes a number of influential peer-reviewed journals that have editorial board connections to the university. Please reach out with any questions about starting a journal via our consultation form and select “Publishing and Repository Services.”
Journals include the following:
- International Journal on Responsibility (ISSN 2576-0955)
- The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction (ISSN 1533-9440)
- James Madison Undergraduate Research Journal
- VA Engage Journal (ISSN 2376-7146)
View all journals.
Book Publishing via Pressbooks
JMU Libraries supports the Pressbooks platform for monographs. Browse our latest titles and learn more about Pressbooks as an easy-to-use tool for creating online books and interactive course materials. JMU Libraries offers the “EDU version” of Pressbooks, which includes features that support teaching and learning.
Scholarly Commons
JMU Scholarly Commons is an institutional repository for the intellectual output of JMU’s academic and research communities. Its goal is to provide open and stable access to the exemplary work of JMU’s faculty, students and staff.
Content housed in JMU Scholarly Commons can include but is not limited to:
- published or unpublished faculty research articles, presentations, technical reports and working papers;
- open educational resources, instructional material and courseware;
- conference papers and proceedings;
- some forms of multimedia;
- theses and dissertations.
Learn more or get started:
- Visit the Scholarly Commons
- See our Scholarly Commons guide
Aviary
Aviary is a hosted platform used by the JMU Libraries to provide streaming access to audiovisual materials from collections held in Special Collections, the JMU Music Library, and other select materials curated by JMU Libraries, including submissions from JMU community members.
Content housed in Aviary can include but is not limited to:
- Published AV scholarship produced by JMU faculty, students, and staff.
- Creative works and performances by JMU faculty and staff.
Learn more or get started:
- Visit Aviary at JMU
- See our Aviary at JMU guide
- View our announcement: “A New Way to Share Scholary Audiovisual Materials Online”
Open Science Framework
Open Science Framework (OSF) is a free and open-source project management tool that supports researchers throughout the entire research lifecycle.
Learn more or get started:
- Visit the JMU OSF Portal
- See our Open Science Framework guide
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