Forskning i Halmstad
Forskning i Halmstad is a series of publications for employees at Halmstad University. The manuscript undergoes a peer review process by at least two reviewers before publication.
Publish in Forskning i Halmstad
All publications in Forskning i Halmstad are published in full text in Digitala Vetenskapliga Arkivet (DiVA) according to the university’s guidelines. All titles are catalogued and made available via the University library’s catalogue and become searchable in, for example, LIBRIS and Google Scholar.
- The university's publisher, Halmstad University Press, is responsible for the publishing, and for for electronic Legal Deposit according to The Legal Deposit Act for Electronic Materials (2012:492).
- The author is responsible for costs that may arise in the production of the publication
- The Research and Education Board is responsible for any costs in connection with the quality review.
Instructions for publishing in the series
- If you want to publish in Forskning i Halmstad, contact Halmstad University Press via hup@hh.se. If you have a completed manuscript, you send this to the Research and Education Board (FUN) via funkansli@hh.se. They make a first preliminary review of the manuscript, to assess whether it should proceed to a more thorough peer review procedure, where two subject experts appointed by the board are responsible for the review. When the review and possible revision is complete, the board decides on publishing.
- When the publication decision is made, an agreement for publication will be sent where the authors grant Halmstad University Press a non-exclusive permission to make the work available online. A document for each author must be signed. Once these have been signed, they should be sent to hup@hh.se
- There is a mandatory template for covers and title pages. The same template is used for dissertations. It is important that this template is used.
- The author is responsible for making the text accessible. According to the European Accessibility Act, all documents and other information published by the university must be accessibility-adapted in order for anyone to be able to read, understand and use them. The documents linked below contain some information, otherwise Education Support has developed a guide to the basics of Word when it comes to creating accessible documents.
- If the book is to be printed, the submission must be reviewed by Halmstad University Press before it goes to print. The printing house sends one copy to the Royal Library and six university libraries in accordance with the Law on Compulsory Copies. In addition, you must submit one copy to the University library. The author is responsible for printing costs.
