MeRSZ is Akadémiai Kiadó’s smart library service. MeRSZ contains reviewed reference works, monographs, higher education textbooks, and course books across a broad spectrum of academic fields. The number of available works is constantly growing and the number of users is increasing dynamically year by year.

As As Hungary's leading scientific publisher, we aim to make science easily accessible to the widest possible audience, in digital and print form as well
When using MeRSZ, the text display adapts to screen sizes, so our publications are easy to read on desktop, laptop, tablet, or mobile phone. Internet access is required, but for MeRSZ subscribers offline use is also available.

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Why Is MeRSZ a Smart Library?

We are constantly improving MeRSZ. Its capabilities far surpass those of other e-book solutions currently available. It has an adaptive and consistent look across all digital devices and environments. The system can efficiently display complex texts with detailed diagrams, tables, formulas, links, and other special elements (such as multimedia content).

The publications can be continuously updated and are protected against unauthorized use.

Features for working with the texts:

• Marking favorites
• Organizing works and images into custom folders
• Smart search system:
  • Predictive search across the entire database or within the text of individual works
  • Filtering results
  • Recommending similar search terms
  • AI-supported image search
• Customizable navigation within publications
• Text highlighting in four different colors
• Adding bookmarks and notes
• Offline use

The content can be navigated in a fast and convenient way. Accurate and fast access to relevant information is aided by the possibility of searching the entire database or just a single publication. Customized bookmarks and notes can also be added.

Free publication

By publishing on MeRSZ, Akadémiai Kiadó offers its authors a full-fledged, free publishing opportunity.

Authors only incur publication costs if the work is published in open access format, or if the author requests customized publication needs (e.g. a significantly higher number of figures and images than usual, an additional round of peer review, or a print edition) that require author financial contributions.

Unlimited Distribution

As the leading content provider for Hungarian higher education, we provide wider distribution and greater visibility for handbooks than ever before. MeRSZ reading statistics show that the works published on the site reach a significantly wider audience than print editions ever could. In 2024, our smart library had 222,000 active users, who viewed almost 8 million pages.

Statistics of Institutional Use

Nationwide Coverage

MeRSZ is available at most higher education institutions in Hungary, in national, city, and county libraries, as well as at most universities and colleges offering Hungarian-language programs abroad.

List of Institutions

Editorial Expertise

Our publishing editor will guide you throughout the entire process from manuscript submission, through content and format editing, to publication. Thanks to traditional editorial care combined with flexible technology, we deliver your work to readers quickly and efficiently.

High Quality Publications

Books published in MeRSZ are

• considered to be new, digital editions,
• given ISBN and DOI numbers,
• each chapter of edited volumes is assigned an individual DOI,
• citable at the paragraph level (in Harvard, Chicago, APA style).

Tracking Reading Statistics

Our authors can track the reading statistics of their works through the My reports feature, which can be accessed by logging into their account. Usage data can be viewed by time period, by user type, by institution, and even by chapter.

Instead of imitating the visual layout of traditional formats, MeRSZ focuses on flexibility and takes full advantage of the possibilities offered by online publishing. The novel display also requires a new approach from both the publisher and the authors. Our prospective authors are advised to consult our existing publications in their own scientific field before submitting their manuscripts in order to learn more about the features and formalities of digital display optimized for multiple platforms. Detailed information on the preparation of manuscripts is provided in the Author’s Guide, and our guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence are summarized in our AI Policy.

The Publication Process

Print Edition

Although we consider digital publishing as our primary focus, there is still a demand from our authors for print editions. Therefore, we designed our publishing workflow to ensure that manuscripts accepted after professional and format reviews can be quickly and efficiently published in print version as well, in addition to the digital version.

Features of the print edition:

• template layout,
• B5 format,
• 1+1 color printing,
• paperback with glued binding.
• We offer distribution primarily through our webshop. We can ensure continuous availability via print-on-demand.

Cost of the print edition:

• HUF 780,000 + 27% VAT for manuscripts not exceeding 20 author’s sheets.
• We will provide a custom price quote for manuscripts exceeding 20 author’s sheets, or in case of special requests (e.g., color pages, hardcover).

Open Access

In MeRSZ, Open Access publication is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

Cost of Open Access publication:

• HUF 1,900,000 + 27% VAT

In accordance with the agreement between the Electronic Information Service National Programme (EISZ) and Akadémiai Kiadó, scientific monographs and edited volumes authored or edited by researchers affiliated to institutions subscribing to MeRSZ may be exempt from Open Access fees, up to the limit of a defined annual quota. For further details please contact your publishing editor upon acceptance of your manuscript.

ORCID iD

ORCID iD, the Open Researcher and Contributor iD, is a unique, personal, persistent identifier that can unambiguously identify researchers.

Advantages of using ORCID iD:

• It distinguishes between common names.
• It follows name and institution changes.
• Authors and their publications can be linked unambiguously.
• It is free of charge and easy to use.

ORCID iD is an internationally accepted identifier. A growing number of publishers no longer accept manuscripts to be published without ORCID iDs. Some institutions provide their researchers with ORCID iDs, while others require them to register individually.

Creating an ORCID iD is extremely quick and easy:

1. Register here. Registration is free of charge and takes only a few minutes.
2. Fill in the required information, and link your ORCID iD with your other existing IDs and profiles (e.g., SCOPUS, ResearcherID, Web of Science, LinkedIn, or MTMT).
3. Use your ORCID iD. Post it on your website, provide it when submitting manuscripts and applying for scholarships, or during any other academic activity.

If you are unsure whether your ORCID iD already exists, try searching for your name in both accented and unaccented versions.
Detailed information in English can be found on the ORCID website.
A Hungarian description was published in the the 3rd issue of Könyvtári Figyelő in 2017.

Submit a Manuscript

We kindly ask you not to submit your manuscript by email. Please use the online manuscript submission system available at the link above, so you can track the status of your manuscript during the review phase. Please note that using the manuscript submission system requires a separate registration, as it operates independently from mersz.hu. Please upload your manuscript prepared in accordance with the Author's Guide preferably as a single file. Please submit all clearly identifiable image files compressed into a single .zip archive.

A key advantage of online publishing is that there is no limit on the number of available copies. Thus, a single work can be read by tens of thousands of users simultaneously. Availability is not restricted by bookstore inventory, library copy counts, or geographical distance at all. In addition, we ensure the broad accessibility of MeRSZ in higher education and research communities with the help of the EISZ National Program (Elektronikus Információszolgáltatás Nemzeti Program – Electronic Information Service National Programme).

Who Uses MeRSZ?

Through our university partnerships, research and educational materials from an increasing number of institutions are published in MeRSZ, so that students can access the complete curriculum in one place – in the MeRSZ smart online library.

Communication and Marketing

The best way to promote digital works is through digital channels. These channels allow us to reach readers with exceptional efficiency.

• Each reader can be offered content that is relevant to their interests (through personalized messages, unique targeting, and remarketing).

• MeRSZ works are featured prominently in Google search listings.

• We are present on university websites and their further online platforms.

• Our content is continuously visible to readers online:
  
  
  • Professional news is available on our blog.
  
  • Social media content is available on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube
    
    
  • Newsletters are delivered to online mailboxes.
  

• To improve our service and fine-tune our marketing activities, we regularly conduct research on samples of various sizes, using diverse sampling methods (from in-depth interviews to online surveys).

Today, authors’ presence on the internet and social media is an essential condition for success as they can reach a larger audience through these platforms. Your personal and professional connections can also make it possible for you to reach a wider professional community.
In order to inform as many people as possible about your publication, we recommend that you promote it through the following channels:

Direct link on the volume's mersz.hu page

Each publication has its own webpage at mersz.hu (e.g., World Literature). You can use this link for your own promotional activities. You can insert this link in your

• institutional/author profile pages,
• e-mail signatures,
• profile pages on various social media sites, and
• institutional newsletters.

Email Marketing

You can efficiently spread the word about your publication among your own contacts. You can also forward Akadémiai Kiadó’s newsletter about your publication to your contacts.

Social Media Promotion

One of the best ways to promote your book is to actively engage with your target audience through social media. Below is a list of the tools you can use to make the most of your social media presence.

Akadémiai Kiadó Zrt.

Address: Building A, 3rd Floor, 187–189 Budafoki út, Budapest, H–1117 Hungary

Phone number: +36 1 464 8220

Email address: ak@akademiai.hu

Please send questions about manuscript submission to mersz@akademiai.hu

Please send proposals about your previously published books for inclusion in the MeRSZ online library to mersz@akademiai.hu