About the Press

TU Delft OPEN Publishing is the open access publisher of the Delft University of Technology. We publish books (monographs, edited books, textbooks and conference books) and journals co-authored or co-edited by the academics of the Delft University of Technology. 

1. Mission and Scope

TU Delft OPEN Publishing publishes high quality multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary publications in the disciplines represented at the Delft University of Technology, from aerospace engineering and computer science to policy and design.  

We offer a community-driven and open access communication channel. Delft University of Technology scholars are at the heart of our services. We listen to their needs and we value their input, and as a result offer tailor-made, professional services. We explore new forms of scholarly communications, providing innovative and trusted home for journals, books and textbooks.  
 
Our publications are peer reviewed or reviewed by a committee or a pool of experts, including traditional closed reviews as well as open peer review and post-publication commentary. TU Delft OPEN Publishing is a local initiative, innovative and affordable university publisher, working in co-creation with researchers, teachers and partner presses. Driven by the ideals of Open Science, TU Delft OPEN Publishing adds value to both research and education, interconnecting science at the Delft University of Technology with society at large.  

2. Open Access Policy

TU Delft OPEN Publishing is licensed under the CC BY license by default. We follow the TU Delft Open Access Policy and Guidelines. 

  • CC -BY 4.0 licence. The license means that anyone is free to share (to copy, distribute, and transmit the work), to remix (to adapt the work) under the following conditions:
    • The original authors must be given credit.
    • For any reuse or distribution, it must be made clear to others what the license terms of this work are.
    • Any of these conditions can be waived if the copyright holders give permission.
    • Nothing in this license impairs or restricts the author's moral rights. 

Note that publishing under other CC licenses is allowed upon request. For enquiries contact us.    

3. Review Policy

TU Delft OPEN Publishing follows the international ethics guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). As such, the board of TU Delft OPEN Publishing and affiliated Editors adhere to the COPE ‘Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors’ and the "Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers".  

All material published with TU Delft OPEN Publishing has transparent ways of review in place, which are described below. Furthermore, the editorial and review policies follow the principles of transparency as described in the "Declaration on transparent editorial policies for academic journals".  

TU Delft OPEN Publishing recognizes single anonymous (reviewer unknown to the author), double anonymous (both author and reviewer unknown to each other) or open peer review processes.  

In the case of books, authors are required to submit a book proposal. The book proposal is evaluated by two experts who give their recommendations.  There are three types of recommendations: reject, accept with revisions, and accept.   

Experts are selected from the  Board of Editors, reviewer suggestions, external reviewer database or a review committee. 

4. Copyright

The copyright on academic and professional publications (monographs, edited books, conference books, dissertations, scientific articles, articles in professional journals) produced while in the employment of the Delft University of Technology is the property of the author. 

Copyright on textbooks produced by teachers of the Delft University of Technology is owned by the employer and can therefore be used as such for education and research purposes unless other arrangements have been made. Although the exploitation rights of textbooks may be vested with Delft University of Technology, authors and editors always keep moral rights, for example, the right to be cited as the author of the publication. 

More about copyright here. 

5. Submission charges and Book processing charges

There are no book processing or publication charges for Delft University of Technology affiliated authors and editors. 

6. Data repositories, license and citation

  • We strongly recommend that you share your data via data repositories such as 4TU.ResearchData or another trusted data repository of your choice.
  • You are required to cite any publicly available research data in the reference list.
  • You are encouraged to make data available under open licenses that permit free reuse. 

The above applies to the research data and software that would be required to verify the results of the research reported in the book. Go to our extensive data policy to know more. 

7. Ethics and Code of conduct

TU Delft OPEN Publishing, as part of TU Delft, follows the TU Delft Code of Conduct and its Integrity Policy. As a university publisher, it has its own underlying publication procedure and also adheres to the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). The stakeholders of TU Delft OPEN Publishing agree to adhere to the TU Delft Code of Conduct, its Integrity Policy, the publication procedure of TU Delft OPEN Publishing, and the Guidelines of COPE. 

Go to Policy for more details . For textbooks, refer also to the TU Delft Open Educational (OER) Policy.  

8. Disclaimer

The opinions expressed in our published content are those of the author(s) and editor(s) and do not reflect the views and opinions of  TU Delft OPEN Publishing.    

The responsibility of the content provided is exclusive to the author(s) concerned. TU Delft OPEN Publishing, and the editorial board are not responsible for errors in the contents or any consequences arising from the use of the information contained in it.  

The opinions expressed in the publications of TU Delft OPEN Publishing do not necessarily represent the views of TU Delft OPEN Publishing and the moderators.    

We follow an open access publishing principle, in which author(s) and editor(s) are the sole owners of the copyright of the content published, and for any omissions or copyright violations, the author(s) of the concerned book are only responsible. Our responsibility is limited only to the removal of the publication concerned once the query is raised.