21 June 2021
With the acquisition of 14 journal titles in 2020, adding up to a portfolio of 33 specialised journals in the humanities and social sciences, AUP further professionalizes its academic program by launching aup-online.com. Developed through publishing platform Ingenta Edify, the platform fully exploits the possibilities of digital search and discovery. Other features include integrated SEO optimization (coordinated with Google Scholar), third-party integrations with tools such as Crossref, XML-first publishing options, DOI hyperlinks, and a first-class experience accessing full screen supplementary materials.
Managing Director Jan-Peter Wissink:“In our continuous pursuit of serving science, editors and authors, excellent digital visibility is an absolute must. With the launch of this new platform, we believe we have taken a big step forward.”
AUP’s Publishing Director Academic Irene van Rossum:"The launch of aup-online.com is an exciting step in the development of our academic program. This enhancement ensures that AUP journals attain a global outreach and a large readership. I am also thankful to the team at Ingenta for taking this step with us."
End users have access to a variety of tools to customize preferences, including signing up for alerts (new content, citation, correction, search alerts), export citations, direct connections with social media account and a function which allows title recommendations to librarians.
An institutional admin account provides the ability to directly manage many aspects of an institution’s access and subscriptions. These include COUNTER 4 and 5 and SUSHI statistics, direct access to usage statistics and KBART files.