Publish with WRUP

White Rose University Press is an Open Access academic publisher. You may wish to explore more about WRUP and look at the services we offer before considering submitting a proposal.

Submit a proposal

WRUP accepts proposals only via the appropriate proposal form (below). This gives us a detailed overview of the project that we can share with peer reviewers and the WRUP Editorial Board. The form contains lots of guidance around completing the various sections, but in general it's best to consider the following:

• Funding: how will your publication be funded? If it's a journal, have you sustainable funding?
• Audience: who will read your publication? If it's a journal, who will submit articles?
• Context: where does your publication sit in the scholarly landscape? How is it similar/different to existing publications in the field?
• Timescales: what are your planned deadlines? How do these fit with your other commitments? How will you manage other contributors within your deadlines?
• Detail: how much detail can you share to support your proposal? Can you share a detailed table of contents for a monograph? Can you share a detailed editorial structure and peer review process for a journal?

We're happy to discuss general enquiries and advise on proposals before submission.

If you would like White Rose University Press to formally consider your project, please download and complete the appropriate form and send it to universitypress@whiterose.ac.uk. 

Download journal proposal form

Download monograph proposal form

Download textbook proposal form

What happens next?

Once your proposal has been received it will be reviewed by a member of WRUP staff to ensure that it is within scope, and will then be sent for independent external peer review. It will then be reviewed by our Editorial Board, comprising senior academics from across the partner Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York.

If your proposal is approved we will agree a publishing contract with you, and provide you with advice and support to deliver the project. Book manuscripts will go through a final round of expert peer review before a final publication decision is made by the Editorial Board.