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It may take us up to a week to determine availability of our Council members, who are located in different timezones, as well as who may be best suited to speak at your event.

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Journals must be publishing for a minimum of 12 months before applying for membership.

Journal membership is for 1-4 journals only. For 5 or more journals you must apply for publisher membership.

Publisher membership is for 5 or more journals only. If you are a publisher with less than 5 journals, or are applying for membership for less than 5 journals, you will need to submit an individual journal application for each journal.

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This membership category is not for university presses. University presses that publish peer reviewed journals should instead apply for publisher membership of COPE.