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Open Access Publishing

The IHR encourages the development of Open Access (OA) publishing for historians and readers. Three of our books series are published Open Access, and we also provide workshops on OA for historians.

The IHR and Open Access publishing

The IHR advocates for developments in Open Access publishing that are sustainable and beneficial for the dissemination of high-quality historical research, while not being detrimental to historians and the profession, broadly defined.

We have three book series that are published Open Access:

In each case, titles are published without charge to authors or contributors, though fees are requested where external funders make provision for this.

All titles in this series are available free via JSTOR OA Books and the online publishing platform of University of London Press.

We also host regular workshops on 'Publishing for Historians', which include discussion of Open Access. With partner organisations such as the Royal Historical Society, the IHR also monitors developments in Open Access policy to assess its impact on historians.

About Open Access

IHR Open Access in numbers

IHR book series published as Open Access

03

New OA titles published by the IHR annually

5-10

Single and multi-authored books currently available as OA

21

Book chapters available Open Access via JSTOR

275