Support Program

Sustaining Open Access publishing at the creative frontier

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Join for supporting independent publishing in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Wisethorough, through initiatives like Urban Creativity, connects researchers, practitioners, and cultural institutions around shared inquiries into how creativity transforms cities, knowledge, and society.

By joining, your institution will not only expand its researchers’ reach and visibility but also helps reduce the systemic publishing costs driven by legacy models. Your support helps sustain a space where fringe creativity and academic rigor coexist, ensuring that this kind of research remains open, visible, and accessible to all.

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Trusted. Visible. Sustainable.

Since 2014, Wisethorough has published over 670 peer-reviewed articles, across 70 issues and 34 volumes, and has created eight journals — six active and two archived.

An independent initiative founded and directed by Pedro Soares Neves, researcher collaborator at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon. Wisethorough is supported by a core group of 10 co-editors and near 60 scientific committee international members, within a community of over 1,200 registered users.

Our infrastructure ensures discoverability, interoperability, and long-term accessibility, built on standardized XML/HTML full-texts and persistent DOIs, partnerships with RCAAP, the Portuguese Open Access repository network and Crossref.

We are currently expanding our indexing presence, maintaining compatibility with major international databases such as DOAJ, EBSCO, SciELO and WoS— having already had two journals indexed in Scopus.

We follow COPE’s ethical guidelines and we are registered in the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH), aligning our practices with European standards for transparent and sustainable open-access publishing.

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Why We’re Different.

Our publications are crafted for both digital and print-on-demand formats, combining editorial precision with distinctive visual design.

We organise annual online seminars and an international conferences in Lisbon (University of Lisbon and other venues), opportunities for exchange between research, art, and public space.

We operate on the edges of established fields, engaging with communities and practices often overlooked by mainstream publishing — from graffiti research to participatory urban art and architectural culture.

Why Support Matters

For the cost of 3 Article Processing Charges - APC's (or less) your institution can benefit from publishing unlimited articles for free in our Gold OA model journals.

At the same time your support help sustain our entire portfolio of journals (including the full Diamond OA publications). This means hundreds of articles — in fields often overlooked by mainstream publishing — remain freely available to scholars, artists, and practitioners around the world.

Our Support Network members make possible the publication of research on topics ranging from graffiti and urban creativity to participatory art, design, and architecture. These are areas rich in social and cultural relevance but frequently absent from dominant academic platforms.

We have already published submissions at no cost from authors at several universities worldwide — see the list of supported institutions and more in our Support Program brochure (PDF).

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Tier	Institution Profile	High / Very High HDI	Medium HDI (-20%)	Low HDI (-40%)	Key Benefits
Supporting Institution	Small / Medium institutions (up to 10 000 staff + students)	€1000 / year	€800 / year	€600 / year	For less that 3 APC's (350€) your institution can benefit from publishing unlimited articles in our Gold OA model journals.
Partner Institution	Medium / Large institutions (10 000–25 000 staff + students)	€1050 / year	€840 / year	€630 / year	For the value of 3 APC's or less your institution can benefit from publishing unlimited articles in our Gold OA model journals.
Founding Institution	Any size — early or strategic supporters	€4 000 / year	€3 200 / year	€2 400 / year	All of the above + recognition as Founding Partner; personalized impact brief; possibility to develop a dedicated journal; invitation to annual strategy call with editors.
Consortia / National Network	Multi-institution or country-level partners	Custom agreement	Custom	Custom	Tailored collaboration, shared visibility, and data exchange.

Notes
- HDI (Human Development Index) classifications follow the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
- Memberships are valid for 12 months from registration.
- Invoicing available in EUR, payable annually.

Become a Supporter (form)

Send us your questions (email) 
info@wisethorough.com

For us, the fringe is where new knowledge and cultural innovation emerge.
With your support, will be free, visible, and alive.