DSRPT UG is an academic publisher dedicated to the creation, editing, publication and distribution of scientific journals. We champion fair scholarship and practical impact: our journals pay reviewers for timely, high-quality reports, and we operate as a low cost publisher. We cooperate with, and are partially funded by, Roskilde University (RUC), and we are in the process of expanding our funding base to additional universities. Concretely, we aim to undercut the Article Processing Charges (APC) of comparable journals by approximately 80%. Our APC is designed solely to cover essential services, including peer review coordination, copy editing, typesetting, long-term archiving and journal management. We consider ourselves a beyond-profit venture, committed to rigorous standards, transparent processes and swift communication.
Experience clear advantages and meaningful impact
We focus on three promises to authors and reviewers that guide everything we do: ultra low-cost publishing, fast and predictable peer review, and constructive feedback that helps work improve.
Ultra low-cost, cost-covering APCs
Our fees cover only essentials like peer-review coordination, copy editing, typesetting, archiving and journal management, undercutting comparable journals by about 80%.
Fast, predictable peer review
We move quickly with proactive reviewer outreach and clear timelines, delivering decisions in days rather than months whenever possible.
Respectful, constructive feedback
We compensate reviewers for thorough, thoughtful reports and ensure authors receive honest, caring guidance.
Discover Our Commitment
For details on what makes each journal distinctive, please visit the About pages of the Journal of Circular Economy and the Journal of Sustainability, where their aims, peer review process and our low-cost model are set out clearly.