What's a WP?

The main distinguishing feature of a working paper is that it combines the advantages of an academic article with those of an editorial publication. On the one hand, works published as working papers retain their academic and scholarly character through the quality standards they are required to meet. On the other hand, because they are not subject to the formalities of a traditional academic journal, they can be published much more quickly and dynamically. As a result, they are better positioned to contribute to ongoing academic debate.

Working papers are not subject to strict length requirements and may therefore be shorter than articles published in academic journals. Publication is also not organized into volumes and issues; instead, once a paper has been approved by the Editorial Committee, it is published promptly in digital format.

Finally, working papers are not subject to a formal peer-review process. Instead, they undergo a quality assessment and a review for compliance with minimum publication requirements, allowing their contents to become accessible to the broader community as promptly as possible and thereby enriching and diversifying academic and professional discourse. In place of traditional peer review, the model encourages the wider academic community to submit new contributions and actively engage in the discussion surrounding published works.