Edizioni Ca' Foscari - Venice University Press

What Edizioni Ca' Foscari - Venice University Press does

Edizioni Ca' Foscari - Venice University Press is the Open Access scholarly publishing house of Ca' Foscari University of Venice, operated by Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari, a non-profit Italian foundation. It publishes peer-reviewed monographs, journals, and book series across the humanities, cultural studies, and social sciences, with a current catalog of 576 books, 26 journals, 45 book series, and 4,211 journal articles contributed by 7,742 authors and reviewed by 3,942 peer reviewers. The press was launched in 2014, building on the university founded in 1868, and operates from Venice with a small team of 8 employees.

The business is built on a digital-first, Open Access infrastructure. All digital publications are made immediately and freely available worldwide under Open Access standards, with print editions sold through a direct e-commerce site managed by Evologi S.r.l. and through retail bookstores at €18–€90 per title. Manuscripts flow through ECFPeerflow, the press's proprietary double-blind peer review platform, and receive Crossref DOIs for discoverability, with long-term preservation handled via integration with the Phaidra repository. Editorial preparation includes copy-editing, native digital formats with embedded multimedia, and tailored editorial projects spanning exhibition catalogues, conference proceedings, glossaries, and accessible publications such as the Horizon 2020 SIGN-HUB Grammar of Italian Sign Language.

Revenue mechanics are a hybrid of free digital Open Access distribution and modest print-on-demand sales, supplemented by EU and foundation project funding (Horizon 2020, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, Jean Monnet, UNESCO, Japan Foundation). Go-to-market is community-led: the press recruits authors through academic networks, scholarly events, the Open Monograph Fund, and Open Knowledge Dialogues initiatives, then retains them via editorial support and the global reach of the Ca' Foscari brand. Customer segments center on academic researchers and scholars in humanities and social sciences, with library and institutional readership served indirectly through Open Access.

Name

Edizioni Ca' Foscari - Venice University Press

Legal name

Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari

Website

https://edizionicafoscari.unive.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1868

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Edizioni Ca' Foscari is the Open Access university press of Ca' Foscari University of Venice, publishing peer-reviewed monographs, journals, and book series in the humanities and social sciences for a global community of 7,742 authors and 3,942 reviewers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130), Book Publishers (51313), Periodical Publishers (513120), Periodical Publishers (51312), Other Publishers (51319)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Open Access Scholarly Journals & Monographs (EDAGAFAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Open Educational Resources (OER) & Open Access Academic Publishing (MPAJABAG), Research Monographs & University Press Publishing (MPAJABAJ), Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed) (MPAJABAC), Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAI)

Keywords

• Academic publishing
• Open access publishing
• Scholarly journals
• University press
• Peer reviewed monographs

Headquarters

HQ city

Venice

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Open Access Digital Publishing: Free digital access to all publications under Open Access standards, enabling global reach without paywalls.
2. Print Edition Sales: Physical book sales through the website (evologi.it) and bookstores. Prices range from €22.00 to €90.00 per title.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Edizioni Ca' Foscari is the academic publishing house of Ca' Foscari University of Venice, producing open access scholarly books, journals, and book series in the humanities and social sciences. The press operates a proprietary double-blind peer review platform (ECFPeerflow) and disseminates publications both as free open access digital editions and as priced print editions distributed globally through its website and bookstore partners.

Product overview

Edizioni Ca' Foscari is an Open Access academic publishing platform operated by Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari. The platform offers a portfolio of 576 books and monographs, 26 journals, and 45 book series across disciplines including antiquity studies, arts, history, linguistics, literatures, philosophy, Asian studies, and social sciences. The core offering consists of freely accessible scholarly publications adhering to Open Access standards, complemented by print-on-demand editions available for purchase. Key products include themed journal series (Venezia Arti, Annali di Ca' Foscari Serie orientale, JoLMA), academic book series (Marco Polo, Philosophica Nuova serie, Knowledge Hegemonies in the Early Modern World), and specialized digital publications like the Grammatica della lingua dei segni italiana (LIS). All publications undergo rigorous double-blind peer review managed through the ECFPeerflow platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Scholarly Books (Monographs and Edited Volumes)

Quantifiable outcome

• All publications immediately accessible in complete and free form
• +1 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

18 partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship, major and minor.

• CrossrefcoreTechnology or IntegrationMembership with Crossref for DOI (Digital Object Identifier) assignment and metadata services for scholarly publications.
• PhaidracoreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with Phaidra repository (University of Padua) for long-term digital preservation and accessibility of publications.
• OASPA (Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of OASPA, demonstrating commitment to Open Access standards and best practices in scholarly publishing.
• Biblioteca Nazionale MarcianaflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Venice-related cultural and historical publications, including exhibitions and catalogues exploring Venetian and Mediterranean heritage.
• Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da VincimajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint publication projects on Italian scientific and technological heritage, including works on Marconi, airships, and historical artifacts.
• SIGN-HUB Project (Horizon 2020)flagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerOutput of Horizon 2020 SIGN-HUB project producing the Grammar of Italian Sign Language (LIS) in LIS, an accessible digital grammar entirely in sign language.
• UNITWIN/UNESCO Chair on Water Heritage and Sustainable DevelopmentmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on environmental humanities research and publications related to water heritage and sustainable development.
• NICHE Centre for Environmental HumanitiesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on environmental humanities publications, including the Anthropocene Waterscapes of Venice handbook.
• Jean Monnet Module WHALEmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU Jean Monnet module on Non-Human Animal Law producing scholarly publications on animal rights in European context.
• Equipes Biblissima (CNRS)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFunding for the project 'Le Livre Illustré à Lyon (1480-1600)' indexing illustrated editions printed in sixteenth-century Lyon.
• Academy of Korean StudiesmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupport for the First International Conference on Cultural Exchanges Between Korea and the West with publication output.
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie ActionsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject producing exhibition catalogues on medicinal plants and gardens with support from EU research funding programme.
• Iuav University of VenicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on artistic projects including 'Mal d'aria' sustainability art project alongside Ca' Foscari and University of Padua.
• University of PaduacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on joint research projects and publications on sustainability and environmental humanities.
• University of VeronaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on sustainability and environmental humanities projects and publications.
• Benedetto Marcello Music ConservatorymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organization of International Festival Japan Contemporary Arts in Venice and related publications.
• Venice Academy of Fine ArtsmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on Japanese arts and culture festivals and publications through Study in Venice project.
• State Archives of VeniceflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint publication on Venetian civilization documentary exhibition for 1600th anniversary of Venice's founding.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Brill: Academic publisher specializing in humanities and social sciences with strong monograph and journal offerings — directly comparable subject focus and peer-reviewed scholarly publishing.
• Oxford University Press: Academic university press publishing peer-reviewed journals and monographs across humanities and social sciences with global reach — directly comparable publishing model, but at vastly greater scale.
• Cambridge University Press: University press with extensive humanities and social sciences journal and monograph output including Open Access titles — closely mirrors Edizioni Ca' Foscari's editorial scope and institutional affiliation model.
• De Gruyter: Scholarly publisher with significant humanities and Open Access monograph programs — closely comparable mission of enabling Open Access scholarly content with rigorous peer review.
• Leuven University Press: Belgian university press publishing peer-reviewed monographs and journals in humanities and social sciences — closely comparable European university press scale and model.

Broad incumbents

• Springer Nature: Global academic publisher with extensive Open Access programs (BMC, Nature Portfolio, Springer) — broader incumbent in scholarly publishing with overlapping humanities content.
• Routledge (Taylor & Francis): Large academic publisher covering humanities and social sciences journals and books — broad incumbent offering overlapping scholarly publishing categories at much larger scale.

Emerging players

• Ubiquity Press: Open Access academic publisher operating journals and books across humanities and social sciences — directly comparable OA-first peer-reviewed publishing model.
• Open Library of Humanities: Open Access mega-journal and platform for humanities scholarship — comparable mission of free scholarly publishing, but with a different delivery model (no monographs).

Regional players

• Pisa University Press (ETS): Italian university press producing scholarly books and journals in humanities and social sciences — regional peer with similar institutional affiliation and subject focus in the Italian academic ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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