After you have answered the what, why, who, when, and how questions, you are ready to draft policies and procedures for your new journal. These key documents include:

• About Statement (a.k.a., Aims and Scope)

• Author Submission Guidelines

• Author Agreement

• Copyright and Open Access Policy

• Peer Review Policy

• Peer Review Guidelines (i.e., standard questions for reviewers)

These free, online resources, produced by trustworthy, nonprofit organizations, will walk you through drafting these documents.

• The Digital Publishing Workshop: Journal Editorial Workbook, Columbia University Libraries (nonprofit)

  • This workbook covers the basics of drafting the key documents and provides examples.

• Open Access Journals Toolkit, Directory of Open Access Journals and Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (nonprofit)

  • This toolkit provides in-depth guidance for every aspect of starting and managing a journal.