Who can apply?
Publishers engaged in regular scholarly publishing in Finland are eligible to apply.
Regular publishing activity is demonstrated by:
- an ISSN assigned to a publication series, or
- an ISBN registrant element (publisher prefix) assigned to the publisher.
Applying is free of charge and does not require TSV membership.
Before submitting your application
Make sure that:
- the publication channel’s website includes a description of its peer-review practices
- the description specifies, at a minimum, the number of reviewers and their independence from the editorial team
- the publication channel’s peer-review practices meet the terms of use of the peer-review label.
You can apply for the right to use the label for:
- A publication series
If the series has its own ISSN and regularly publishes peer-reviewed articles or books.
- A book publisher
If the publisher publishes peer-reviewed monographs or edited volumes that are not part of a publication series.
- Both
If the publisher publishes peer-reviewed works both within and outside publication series, you can apply for the right to use the label for both the series and the publisher as a whole.
Application processing
Applications are processed as quickly as possible, and no later than two months after receipt.