<doi_batch xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://www.crossref.org/schema/5.3.1" xmlns:jats="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/JATS1" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.crossref.org/schema/5.3.1 https://www.crossref.org/schemas/crossref5.3.1.xsd" version="5.3.1"><head><doi_batch_id>episciences.org_4628_20260517190414813</doi_batch_id><timestamp>20260517190414813</timestamp><depositor><depositor_name>episciences.org</depositor_name><email_address>raphael.tournoy+crossrefapi@ccsd.cnrs.fr</email_address></depositor><registrant>episciences.org</registrant></head><body><journal><journal_metadata language="en"><full_title>ElPub - ELectronic PUBlishing</full_title><doi_data><doi>10.46298/journals/elpub</doi><resource>http://elpub.episciences.org</resource></doi_data></journal_metadata><journal_issue><publication_date media_type="online"><month>06</month><day>20</day><year>2018</year></publication_date><journal_volume><volume>Connecting the Knowledge...</volume></journal_volume><issue>Practitioner Papers</issue></journal_issue><journal_article publication_type="full_text" language="en"><titles><title>Sustainability in Publishing: An Open Access Publisher’s View</title></titles><contributors><person_name sequence="first" contributor_role="author"><given_name>Martyn</given_name><surname>Rittman</surname><affiliations><institution><institution_name>MDPI</institution_name></institution></affiliations><ORCID>https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9327-3734</ORCID></person_name></contributors><jats:abstract><jats:p xml:lang="en">Sustainability is an essential part of the work of publishers. Here, the view of an open access publisher, MDPI, is presented with regards to sustainability within publishing. MDPI’s understanding of sustainability is given and some of the concrete actions it leads to. These include supporting umbrella initiatives, exploring alternative business and editorial models, elements of open science, and ensuring the long-term sustainability of published content. Our aim is to demonstrate actions that could be taken by other publishers and to invite dialog with the broader research community for how a large open access publisher can contribute to a sustainable knowledge ecosystem.</jats:p></jats:abstract><publication_date media_type="online"><month>06</month><day>20</day><year>2018</year></publication_date><acceptance_date media_type="online"><month>06</month><day>20</day><year>2018</year></acceptance_date><publisher_item><item_number item_number_type="article_number">4628</item_number></publisher_item><program xmlns="http://www.crossref.org/AccessIndicators.xsd" name="AccessIndicators"><free_to_read start_date="2018-06-20"/><license_ref applies_to="am" start_date="2018-06-20">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</license_ref><license_ref applies_to="vor" start_date="2018-06-20">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</license_ref><license_ref applies_to="tdm" start_date="2018-06-20">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</license_ref></program><program xmlns="http://www.crossref.org/relations.xsd"><related_item><intra_work_relation identifier-type="uri" relationship-type="isSameAs">https://hal.science/hal-01816816v1</intra_work_relation></related_item></program><doi_data><doi>10.4000/proceedings.elpub.2018.9</doi><resource>http://elpub.episciences.org/4628</resource><collection property="crawler-based"><item crawler="iParadigms"><resource>https://hal.science/hal-01816816v1/document</resource></item></collection><collection property="text-mining"><item><resource mime_type="application/pdf">https://hal.science/hal-01816816v1/document</resource></item></collection></doi_data></journal_article></journal></body></doi_batch>