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PubPub

The open-source, community-led, end-to-end publishing platform for knowledge communities.

Create knowledge. Share it with audiences who care.

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Mission

As a product of the Knowledge Futures Group, PubPub is open and accessible to all. That means a free, robust version of PubPub will always be available, operating under a non-profit, sustainable business model.

Open & Community-Led

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Key Features

Collaborate & edit with co-authors in real time

Screenshot of a PubPub editor interface with multiple users editing at the same time.

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  • Keep everyone in the loop
  • Assign roles on-the-fly

Import your work from any source

Screenshot of the PubPub import interface uploading a complex LaTeX document.

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  • Easy multi-file imports
  • Complex-content friendly
  • Word, XML, LaTeX, and Markdown

Embed rich multimedia in your publication

Examples of rich content embedded in Pubs, including an equation, a stem and tree chart, and an interactive song picker.

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  • Data visualizations
  • Images, videos, and math
  • Code, interactives, and more

Other Features

DOI Support

Generate CrossRef DOIs for your documents in one click.

Submissions & Review

Manage submissions and peer review directly on PubPub.

Discussions & Annotations

Host public and private discussions with your readers and community, whether in your classroom or across the world.

Easily Customizable Layouts

Create your custom site without writing a line of code.

Collection Metadata

Include article & collection-level metadata for easier organization of content and improved discovery.

Access Control

Allow anyone to access your content, or just the people you choose.

Impact Measurement

Learn about the people visiting your community with a full suite of privacy-respecting analytics.

Content Connections

Add typed relationships — reviews, commentary, supplement, etc. — to your content and deposit them to Crossref.

Document Export

Export your work to PDF, Word, Markdown, LaTeX, JATS XML, and more.

Community Services

For groups that want personalized support we offer production, training, and strategy services for building high quality, effective publishing communities.

"The team’s innovation and experience made for an incredible collaboration."
- Jeremy Bailenson, Author, “A Theoretical Argument for the Causes of Zoom Fatigue”
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Use Cases

Thousands of communities are tailoring PubPub to suit their publishing needs, goals, and content types.

Journals / Science

Harvard Data Science Review

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A microscopic, telescopic & kaleidoscopic view of data science.

Books / Literature

Frankenbook

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A collaborative, multimedia reading experiment with Mary Shelley’s classic novel.

Resources / Reports

Collective Wisdom

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The British Library's early access and community review site.

Resources / Case studies

SERC Ethical Computing

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A series on the social and ethical responsibilities of computing.

Exhibits / Arts

Contours Collaborations

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A series on the social and ethical responsibilities of computing.

Learning Series / Multimedia

Fermentology

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On the culture, history, and novelty of fermented things.

Student Journals / Interdisciplinary

Grad Journal of Food Studies

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An international student-run and refereed platform dedicated to encouraging and promoting interdisciplinary food scholarship at the graduate level

Conferences / Sprint

Critical Distance

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A pandemic and games essay jam.

Collections / Open humanities

MIT Press Open Architecture

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An open collection of out-of-print humanities books.

Explore Communities

Create

Anyone can start a PubPub Community, anytime, for free.

Create your community

* A community can be your individual space to create content, or you can invite others to collaborate with you!

PubPub empowers knowledge communities to define their own community engagement models and manage their publishing workflows. Use PubPub to more closely align knowledge sharing with community building.

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