UTS ePRESS Journals
Welcome to UTS ePRESS Journals, hosted by UTS Library. Our peer reviewed, Diamond Open Access Journals (free to authors and free to readers), cover a diverse range of disciplines, including Governance, International Studies, History, Law, Society, Social Justice, and are read by researchers and other interested people from all around the globe. All of our live (non-archived) journals are indexed by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and all but one have achieved the DOAJ Seal. Our editorial boards, authors and reviewers are drawn from an international team of experts.
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Journals
Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance
A peer-reviewed journal that aims to strengthen the research voice of local government in the Commonwealth by providing a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in local government ideas and practices. Its overall focus is upon improving local governance and supporting local government as an agent of development. The journal is auspiced by the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (UK), edited by Cardiff University (UK), and published by the UTS Centre for Local Government.
This journal does not charge any type of article processing charge (APC) or any type of article submission charge.
Construction Economics and Building
Construction Economics and Building is a peer reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research into all aspects of the economics and management of building and construction, quantity surveying and property management as well as construction education. It is free for authors, readers and libraries.
This journal does not charge any type of article processing charge (APC) or any type of article submission charge.
Editor-in-Chief: Graham Brewer
Editor: Alex Opoku
Editorial Consultants: Will Hughes & Göran Runeson
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal is concerned with developing a better understanding of social change and cultural cohesion in cosmopolitan societies. Its focus lies at the intersection of conflict and cohesion, and in how division can be transformed into dialogue, recognition and inclusion. The Journal takes a grounded approach to cosmopolitanism, linking it to civil society studies. It opens up debate about cosmopolitan engagement in civil societies, addressing a range of sites: social movements and collective action; migration, cultural diversity and responses to racism; the promotion of human rights and social justice; initiatives to strengthen civil societies; the impact of ‘information society’ and the context of environmental change.
This journal does not charge any type of article processing charge (APC) or any type of article submission charge.
Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement
Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement is a refereed journal that responds to an emerging global movement of collaborative, critical and change-oriented community-university research initiatives. It provides a forum for academics, practitioners and community representatives to explore issues and reflect on methodological practices relating to the full range of engaged activity. The journal publishes empirical and evaluative case studies of community-based research and pedagogy; detailed analyses of partnership models, processes and practices; and theoretical reflections that contribute to the scholarship of engagement. Gateways is jointly edited and managed by the Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, and urbanCORE at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, USA.
This journal does not charge any type of article processing charge (APC) or any type of article submission charge.
PORTAL Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
Portal Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies is a fully peer reviewed journal dedicated to the publishing of scholarly articles from practitioners of—and dissenters from—international, regional, area, migration and ethnic studies, and it is also dedicated to providing a space for the work of cultural producers interested in the internationalization of cultures. International Studies in Portal refers to studies of contemporary societies and cultures in relation to processes of transnationalization, polyculturation, transculturation, transmigration, globalization, and anti-globalization, and to material and imaginative responses by people and communities to those processes. Portal aims to achieve a genuinely multidisciplinary mix of approaches to international studies by scholars working in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Cultural Studies, and by cultural producers working anywhere. The journal’s commitment to fashioning a genuinely “international” studies venue is also reflected in our willingness to publish critical and creative work in English as well as in Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish. Portal was categorized as an A journal in the Australian Research Council's Excellence in Research for Australia [ERA] 2008 rankings of peer-reviewed journals.
This journal does not charge any type of article processing charge (APC) or any type of article submission charge.
Public History Review
Public History Review is a peer reviewed journal investigating the nature and forms of public history: how and to whom is the past communicated and how does the past operate in the present? The journal provides a forum for historians working across all areas of the culture to pursue issues and reflect on practice; comment on historical representations; or extend our knowledge of public history as a field of study. We also publish scholarly contributions on history-related matters from other disciplines. The journal aims to engage academic historians more fully with the concerns of the public and public history work and seeks to articulate creative tensions between theory and practice.
We welcome reviewers. If you would like to review works for Public History Review please email the Journal Editor [email protected] to state your interest.
This journal is not accepting submissions at this time.
This journal does not charge any type of article processing charge (APC) or any type of article submission charge.
African Journal of Information & Communication Technology Archived
African Journal of Information and Communication Technology (AJICT) is an international journal providing a publication vehicle for coverage of topics of interest to those involved in computing, communication networks, electronic communications, information technology systems and Bioinformatics. It is serving as an open source vehicle of the works of researchers in ICT world wide that hitherto would not be available to organisations outside and within the African sub-region.
This journal has ceased publication with UTS ePRESS.
AJICT's new location is: http://www.iqproceedings.org/ojs/
Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building - Conference Series Archived
The Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building - Conference Series (AJCEB Conference Series) is a peer reviewed, open access publication, free to both readers and authors, publishing outstanding papers from selected conferences. Although associated with AJCEB, the AJCEB Conference Series is an independent publication which offers the organisers of selected conferences an opportunity to publish the very best papers from their conferences.
Editorial Consultant Göran Runeson
Editor Imriyas Kamardeen
This journal is no longer accepting submissions. It ceased publication in December, 2014 and is now a UTS ePRESS Archived Title.
Cultural Studies Review Archived
This journal is no longer accepting submissions. It ceased publication in 2019 and is now a UTS ePRESS Archived Title.
Cultural Studies Review is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to the publication and circulation of quality thinking in cultural studies—in particular work that draws out new kinds of politics, as they emerge in diverse sites. We are interested in writing that shapes new relationships between social groups, cultural practices and forms of knowledge and which provides some account of the questions motivating its production. We welcome work from any discipline that meets these aims. Aware that new thinking in cultural studies may produce a new poetics we have a dedicated new writing section to encourage the publication of works of critical innovation, political intervention and creative textuality.
This journal does not charge any type of article processing charge (APC) or any type of article submission charge.
International Journal of Rural Law and Policy Archived
This journal is no longer accepting submissions via UTS ePRESS.
The International Journal of Rural Law and Policy is a peer reviewed journal covering the many interdisciplinary and complex issues which make up rural and regional law and policy.
This journal, via UTS ePRESS, did not charge any type of article processing charge (APC) or any type of article submission charge.
It continues to be published at AUSTLII: http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/IntJlRuralLawP/
Journal of Project, Program & Portfolio Management Archived
This journal is no longer accepting submissions. It ceased publication in 2013 and is now a UTS ePRESS Archived Title. This journal has been superceded at UTS ePRESS by the journal Project Management Research and Practice. Submissions can be made to Project Management Research and Practice
The Journal of Project, Program and Portfolio Management publishes peer reviewed scholarly articles - qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods research papers as well as theoretical and exploratory papers - covering the many and varied aspects of project portfolio management, program and project management. In order to link theory with practice it also publishes original and innovative practice case studies which are reviewed for relevance to practitioners by members of the editorial board. From time to time the journal also publishes opinion pieces on contemporary issues on topics of interest to its readers and book reviews. Since the journal is published online it is able to incorporate multimedia content in the articles and case studies submitted by authors.
Literacy and Numeracy Studies Archived
This journal is no longer accepting submissions. It will become an archived title in December 2020.
Literacy and Numeracy Studies: An international journal in the education and training of adults is an international refereed journal which promotes research, scholarship and critical analysis of policy and practice concerning the many and complex ways that adult literacy and numeracy are implicated in the lives of young people and adults. Adult literacy and numeracy practices are locally situated, influenced by the cultures and contexts of use. This journal not only explores the multiple understandings of adult literacy and numeracy in policy and practice but also what people do with their skills, and how they use them with different texts and modalities and in differing contexts.
This journal does not charge any type of article processing charge (APC) or any type of article submission charge.
Organisational Project Management Archived
This journal is no longer accepting submissions. It ceased publication in November, 2016 and is now a UTS ePRESS Archived Title. This Journal has been superceded at UTS ePRESS by the Journal Project Management Research and Practice. Submissions can be made to Project Management Research and Practice
Organisational Project Management will publish peer reviewed scholarly articles - qualitative, quantitative and mixed-methods research papers as well as theoretical and exploratory papers - covering the many and varied aspects of organisational project management. In order to link theory with practice it also publishes original and innovative practice papers which are reviewed for relevance to practitioners by members of the editorial board. From time to time the journal also publishes opinion pieces on contemporary issues or topics of interest to its readers and book reviews. Since the journal is published online it is able to incorporate multimedia content in its publications.
The journal aims to cover all aspects of organisational project management including (but not limited to) linking strategy to projects, change management, governance, leadership, innovation, project marketing, maturity models, and also how projects are managed in different types of organizations such as private, public and community organizations.
Although the journal 'Organisational Project Management' (OPM) is being published for the first time in 2014 it is an evolution from its predecessor 'The Journal of Project Program and Portfolio Management' (JPPPM) which started its publication in 2010 as the first Open Acces Journal in Project Management by UTS ePRESS.
This journal does not charge any type of article processing charge (APC) or any type of article submission charge.
Project Management Research and Practice Archived
Project Management Research and Practice (PMRP) has moved during 2020 to a new platform and is no longer published by UTS ePRESS.
The new PMRP website url is: https://pmrp.online/index.php/pmrp/index
Earlier, now archived, issues of PMRP published by UTS ePRESS (2016-2018) can be found via this UTS ePRESS page.
Greater attention is needed on the humanitarian dimensions, uses and applications of projects and project management. Researchers can provide relevant evidence-based information to empower practitioners, and Project Management Research and Practice has been conceived, developed and published to do this. Research papers, practitioner articles, and other high quality submissions will be published to contribute to the broader conversation of how projects and their management can affect meaningful, socially-responsible change in support of public priorities. Climate action, health and well-being, education, sustainable consumption, smart cities and renewable energy are a few of these many topics.
PMRP editors believe that a better world is possible where humanity's problems are alleviated through innovative projects and socially responsible project management research and practice. Its mission is to provide a forum where evidence-based, informed dialogue can occur with project management researchers, practitioners and other stakeholders on such challenges.
The role of projects in addressing these challenges needs to be understood but not the singular focus of research and/or practitioner journals in the project management community. PMRP has changed that and wants to work with any contributor interested in these important conversations.
Provincial China Archived
Provincial China is a peer reviewed journal publishing research on the contemporary People's Republic of China. Research in this field needs to address the consequences of the inherent variation in social and economic development across the country. During the reform era, in particular, as the provincial-level political and administrative hierarchy has increased in importance, and with new emphases on provincial and local identities, research needs to focus less on the centre and more on regional and local developments and diversification. This is the particular perspective of Provincial China. Provincial China contains sections on statistics; theoretical perspectives and discussion; news of projects in progress; professional activities, conferences and workshops; information about sources, documents and materials; ideas and information about provinces in general; and photos.
This journal is no longer accepting submissions. It ceased publication in 2012.
Public Communication Review Archived
This has journal ceased publication and is now a UTS ePRESS Archived Title.
Public Communication Review is a peer-reviewed online journal publishing scholarly articles, high standard professional practice papers, and case studies which deal with topical issues in relation to advertising, media, organisational communication and public relations in Australia and the Asia Pacific region. In particular, PCR focuses on the integration of theory and practice and publishes scholarly articles which deductively interpret how theories inform applied Best Practice in public communication, and which inductively analyse empirical research and contemporary practices and how they inform public communication theory.
Public Space: The Journal of Law and Social Justice Archived
This journal has ceased publication and is now a UTS ePRESS Archived Title.
Public Space: The Journal of Law and Social Justice is a peer reviewed, multi media, online, law journal which draws on cross disciplinary research and scholarship to address social justice issues of immediate and wide ranging concern. Public Space also includes an Open Space for non-refereed contributions, including reviews, links to other journals or conferences, and discussion. Public Space is published twice a year in open access form by the Faculty of Law of the University of Technology, Sydney and UTSepress.
Sydney Journal Archived
The Sydney Journal is a peer reviewed publication that exists as part of the online Dictionary of Sydney. We publish scholarly articles about all aspects of the rich natural and human history of the region now known as Sydney, from the earliest human habitation to the present. Our interests include natural forms, zoology, botany and geology, and built forms, those present and those lost through demolition or the passage of time. Our canvas stretches from Pittwater to Port Hacking and out to the Blue Mountains to encompass the whole of the Sydney basin.
This journal does not charge any type of article processing charge (APC) or any type of article submission charge.
ISSN: 1835-0151
Transforming Cultures eJournal Archived
This journal has ceased publication and is now a UTS ePRESS Archived Title.
A peer-reviewed journal on social, cultural and environmental change. The Transforming Cultures eJournal also includes interviews, reflections and discussions on contemporary debates as well as book reviews on related, innovative publications.