ChainKnow Press has entered into its first institutional partnership with the doctoral program of a research university, marking the launch of the cooperation model described on our Cooperation page. Here is what the partnership covers, and what it deliberately does not.
The Partnership at a Glance
The agreement establishes a structured channel between the university's doctoral community and our nine journals. Doctoral researchers in the program — whether full-time or completing their PhD while working — gain a defined point of contact, a faster administrative path, and support mechanisms that remove common friction in the publishing process.
What Participating Authors Receive
- A dedicated submission channel with priority administrative handling for affiliated authors.
- APC support options — institutional co-funding arrangements for accepted papers, agreed with the partner institution.
- A personal citation-velocity report for each participating author, showing how their recent work is being cited relative to their field and career stage.
- Joint workshops on academic writing, peer review and publication ethics, delivered with the partner's graduate school.
What Does Not Change
Nothing about the science. Manuscripts from partner institutions go through exactly the same double-blind review, the same editorial standards and the same acceptance rate discipline as every other submission. The partnership creates administrative convenience and support — it never creates guaranteed acceptance. Any agreement that traded review integrity for volume would defeat the purpose of this press.
Why Institutions Partner with Us
For universities, the value runs both ways: their doctoral researchers gain a fast, fair publishing home, and the institution gains structured visibility for the talent it trains — including our citation-velocity reporting, which helps graduate schools identify rising researchers early.
Start a Partnership
We are currently accepting a limited number of institutional partners for the 2026–2027 academic year. Universities, graduate schools, research groups, societies and conference organizers are all welcome to start a conversation through our Cooperation page. We reply within three working days.