Publishing our 500th open access book
We have published the 500th open access monograph on our Oxford Academic platform—a landmark achievement that reflects our ongoing commitment to making high-quality research widely accessible to readers around the world.
This milestone underscores the dedication of our authors and editors in advancing open scholarship to support a more inclusive, collaborative community.
We have supported open access options for books since 2012, both by publishing open access frontlist titles and through converting selected backlist titles to open access. This work means we’re able to broaden the visibility, impact, and longevity of academic research across disciplines.
We continue to explore the growth of our open access publishing programme: for example, last year we launched the First Book Prize where ten winning early career researchers have their books published open access; and through our pilot with California Digital Library, we’re making approximately 100 backlist books open access at no cost to authors.
But what does open access look like in practice, once a book is out in the world? Some of the authors behind Oxford Academic open access books describe a common theme: reach. Publishing open access removes barriers and expands the audiences that scholarship can serve.
J. Timmons Roberts, Ittleson Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology at the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Brown University, highlights what that global reach can mean:
“Open access allowed us to publicize our two assessment volumes on obstruction of climate action broadly and quickly, and to make it available all over the world at once.”
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