About SOAP2
SOAP2 provides a platform for the dissemination of scientific journals with open access and free of charge for the authors (Diamond Open Access).
SOAP2 is organized as an association (Statutes) based in Fribourg (Switzerland). The association offers support for the setup of journals and the workflows in OJS, advice of editors concerning organization of their work and implementation of Open Access standards, help in case of minor issues with the platform and document formatting and layout. Support may also include establishing and facilitating of journal indexing in general and specific information services.
The core of the project is an OJS (Open Journal Systems) based publishing platform. OJS is the most used software for journal publishing platforms and Open Source.
Services provided
- Free journal hosting with own branding and domain name
- Free DOI registration with CrossRef
- Long term preservation with Portico
- Technical support for OJS
- Journal set up and branding
- Published content import
- Workflow set up and management
- Technical support and advise for editorial work
- Copyright
- Document formatting
- Indexation in discoverability platforms such as Swisscovery, Renouvaud and DOAJ.
Editors remain responsible for the editorial and scientific work.
About us

Thomas Henkel
President
Université de Fribourg

Simona Sala
Board Member
BCU Lausanne

Simone Rosenkrantz
Board Member
ZHB/Hochschule Luzern