Welcome to the HOPE platform!

HOPE stands for Hauptbibliothek Open Publishing Environment.

HOPE provides a platform to researchers of the University of Zurich for publishing Open Access journals. This service is offered by the University Library Zurich (UB) based on the infrastructure of the Zentrale Informatik. For management and publication of scientific journals, the open-source software Open Journal Systems (OJS) is used.

HOPE was set up with the support of swissuniversities’ program ‘Scientific information: Access, processing and safeguarding’. We are happy to share our knowhow with editorial boards wishing to flip their journals to Open Access.
For information, please see here.

Journals

Journals

Welcome on altrelettere, the Open Access Journal for Italian Literature and Gender Studies.

Bothros ist die Open Access Publikationsplattform für wissenschaftliche Beiträge aller archäologischer Teildisziplinen. Publiziert werden vorwiegend peer-reviewed Artikel und Beiträge zur Studentischen Archäologischen Forschungstagungen (SAFT). Bothros ist ein Projekt initiiert von Nachwuchswissenschaftler:innen des Instituts für Archäologie und wird unterstützt von den Lehrstuhlinhaber:innen der archäologischen Studienfachrichtungen an der Universität Zürich.

CCR is a peer-reviewed, open-access, community-owned journal founded from the ICA Computational Methods Division and published by Amsterdam University Press.  CCR publishes articles that further the understanding, development and application of computational methods in communication research.

Publikationen der fortgeschrittenen Forschenden und Lehrenden der Universität Zürich

Herausgeber: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rother, Philosophisches Seminar, wolfgang.rother@philos.uzh.ch

DOCA is a database that presents and discusses content analytical constructs and their operationalizations.

Energeia is an open-access online journal for linguistics and language philosophy published at the University of Zurich in collaboration with Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava (since 2024). It is issued annually (resuming publication from 2021 onwards), examining topics of general linguistics, language theory and language philosophy, with a particular consideration of Romance linguistics.

The European Journal of Health Communication (EJHC) is a peer-reviewed open access journal for high-quality health communication research with relevance to Europe or specific European countries. It aims to represent the international character of health communication research given the cultural, political, economic, and academic diversity in Europe. 

The journal “GISo” represents an independent and interdisciplinary forum of scientific debate regarding courses, conditions, and results of socialisation processes. It provides space for the presentation and discussion of theoretical and conceptual positions, empirical findings, and challenges pertaining research methods in this thematic field. The journal offers a platform for the publication of original scientific contributions from educational sciences, social sciences, psychology, and history.

Zeitschrift des Instituts für Hermeneutik und Religionsphilosophie der Universität Zürich.
Interdisziplinäre Beiträge zu hermeneutischen, religionsphilosophischen und theologischen Themen.

Our platform aims to highlight outstanding work by academics at all stages of their career, and share practitioners’ real-world negotiation insights.

Das Journal für Psychoanalyse wird vom Psychoanalytischen Seminar Zürich (PSZ) herausgegeben.

The journal publishes quantitative descriptive social science. It does not publish research that makes causal claims. The journal focuses on evidence that speaks to substantive questions about digital communication processes and media. 

The Journal of Animal Law, Ethics and One Health (LEOH) is an online, peer-reviewed, open access academic journal launched in 2023 by the Center for Animal Law and Ethics (CALE) at the Faculty of Law, University of Zurich, Switzerland. The main objective of the LEOH is to provide a forum for the discussion of legal and ethical issues relating to animals as well as the One Health approach and its implications for the law and the ethical realm. Furthermore, the Journal aims to provide a platform in which to explore pivotal case law and legislation that relates to or has an impact on animals.

High academic quality and the international character of the journal are ensured by the Editorial Board which consists of national and international specialists in the topic areas as well as interdisciplinary fields of research.

The open-access Proceedings of the Collegium Helveticum document and archive all events and activities of the Collegium Helveticum, the institute for advanced study by ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich, and the Zurich University of the Arts. The proceedings further double as a platform for the Collegium’s fellows to publish working papers, preprints, or special issues.

Collegium Helveticum, Swiss Institute for Advanced Study

Die Zeitschrift "rechtstexte" dient der Veröffentlichung von Texten zu allen Gebieten des Rechts (zum Konzept).

SComS is an international journal of communication research that is jointly edited by the Swiss Association of Communication and Media Studies (SGKM) and the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society of the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI Lugano).

Swiss Dental Journal SSO – Science and Clinical Topics is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, independent open access journal. The Swiss Dental Journal SSO promotes the advancement of clinical dental practice and oral health policy in Switzerland and Europe, with the goal of improving oral health outcomes for all people regionally, via innovative research work and inspiring clinical cases.

ViMe: journal of visual methods

In response to the rapid transformation of how visual content is generated, mediated, and consumed, ViMe serves as a dedicated platform for innovative and interdisciplinary methodological development. As a peer-reviewed Diamond Open Access journal, it provides an open and inclusive forum that critically engages with existing methodological approaches while also fosters the development of innovative and experimental methods.

ViMe considers papers that develop, evaluate, and critically reflect on methods for researching visuals and visuality across diverse mediated contexts. These contexts include, but are not limited to, traditional media (e.g., television, film, news), social media and other digital platforms, artistic and creative audiovisual practices. 

What distinguishes ViMe is its commitment to publishing papers that offer detailed methodological guidance, enabling other researchers to follow, adapt, or replicate the research practices presented. In this spirit, ViMe aims to feature methodological “recipes” that are transparent, well documented and explained.

ViMe is committed to advancing ethical, transparent, and reflexive approaches to visual inquiry in contemporary media environments. We therefore also encourage contributions that critically examine methodological ethics and engage in rigorous epistemological reflection, strengthening both the practical and theoretical foundations of visual research. 

In line with this envision, ViMe welcomes a range of contribution formats: 

  • Methods tutorials and step-by-step walkthroughs
  • Analytical tools
  • Datasets
  • Systematic methods reviews 
  • Research ethics guidelines and methodological principles

ViMe will be officially launched in Q1 2027 with a set of pre-curated inaugural issues. Until then, submissions are by invitation only. 

How do people live, work, and find leisure in their everyday lives? How do they interact with their natural and social environment, and what are their perceptions regarding these aspects?

In den "Zeitschriften des Rechts" sollen aktuell als besonders lesenswert beurteilte rechtswissenschaftliche Schriften an einem Ort zusammengeführt werden (zum Konzept).

Zwingliana is published by the Institute for Swiss Reformation Studies (Faculty of Theology and the Study of Religion, University of Zurich) as yearbook of the Zwingli Society («Zwingliverein»). The journal publishes scholarly articles on the history of Protestantism in Switzerland and its influence. 

Institute for Swiss Reformation Studies
Faculty of Theology and the Study of Religion
Zwingliverein