Supporting open scholarship through community and collaboration
Please see below for a list of the current members of the Open Institutional Publishing Association:
Our current members
In line with the University of Aberdeen’s 1495 foundational statement ‘open to all and dedicated to the pursuit of truth in the service of others’, Aberdeen University Press publishes high quality open access research across all disciplines and fields of enquiry from scholars worldwide. As well as publishing primary research, we encourage works of synthesis which are multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary in their approach. Aberdeen University Press is committed to the highest standards of peer review and research integrity, while helping scholars to shape scholarly debate and public policy for national and global challenges.
Coventry Open Press has been established (2023) to embrace the opportunities of Open Access scholarly publishing, based in, and supported by, the Research and Scholarly Publications Team in Coventry University’s Library. A fully OA initiative aiming to be a Diamond OA publisher, COPress aims to broaden awareness of Coventry University’s research achievements, further establish Coventry’s reputation as a centre of excellence for specific disciplines, and offer scholars in other institutions support in publishing their research, be they established writers or early career researchers. COPress is especially interested in providing a home for transdisciplinary research, as well as cementing the University’s place in the community by publishing locally-relevant research.
Edinburgh Diamond is a service provided by Edinburgh University Library that supports the publication of academic and student-led open access books and journals. The service is free of charge to Edinburgh staff and students and enables them to publish journals, textbooks, monographs and edited collections with full library support for hosting, technical support, policy development, training and more. The service team also facilitate a shared service for the Scottish Confederation of University & Research Libraries (SCURL), open to all SCURL members. We also provide an external partners hosting service for journals in the areas of librarianship and information studies, open access, or Scottish Studies.
Goldsmiths Press aims to revive and regenerate the traditions and values of university press publishing through the innovative use of print and digital media. Our publishing cuts across disciplinary boundaries and blurs the distinctions between theory, practice, fiction and non-fiction. We hope to create a culture around academic knowledge practices that is more inventive and less constrained while fostering a unique collaboration between writers, artists, archivists, librarians and publishing professionals.
Goldsmiths Press is the UK’s first green open access monograph university press publisher, combining open access with a fair and varied pricing model for print books. We are committed to sustainable, non-commercial open access, and wherever possible, we transfer open access titles from our institutional repository (Goldsmiths Research Online) to PubPub, MIT’s open access platform. Our books are distributed globally by MIT Press and Penguin US. Goldsmiths Press titles can be ordered from The Publishers Group UK
Jisc is the UK digital, data and technology agency focused on tertiary education, research and innovation. As a not-for-profit organisation, Jisc provides products and services, enhanced with expertise and intelligence to provide sector leadership and enable digital transformation. This includes providing trusted expert advice and practical assistance, providing insight, guidance and leadership, delivering training and events and building communities in many areas including open research.
The LJMU Open Journals Service is available to Liverpool John Moores University staff and students who are interested in setting up their own online journals. The service, run by LJMU Library Services uses Open Journal Systems (OJS) to support the publishing process, including submission, peer-review and online publication. The Library will help with the initial set-up of a journal and provide ongoing technical support.
LSE Press is a publisher of high quality, open access research in the social sciences. Through rigorous peer-review and the use of innovative digital approaches we promote the widest possible engagement with social science research. Based in the Library of the London School of Economics, LSE Press works with authors to develop and launch publications that reflect the LSE founding purpose and mission.
LSHTM Press is an open access publisher of peer-reviewed research and high-quality educational resources, publishing in the fields of public and global health. Our aim is to develop and launch publications that reflect the purpose and mission of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide and to enable the widest possible dissemination so that people around the world can find and access the information they need without barriers.
Queen’s University Belfast Library are exploring open publishing options for the university and hope our membership of OIPA will allow us to better understand the landscape and learn from this community of best practice.
Scottish Universities Press is a fully open access and not-for-profit publishing press owned and managed by 18 Scottish academic libraries, coordinated through the Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL). We aim to provide a clear and cost-effective route for researchers at Scottish institutions to make their work freely available to a global audience, responding to upcoming changes to REF, UKRI and other funder policies around open access books. We will initially publish monographs and edited collections on any subject by academic staff from participating institutions. SUP is community-led and aims to be responsive to the needs of the academic community in Scotland that it serves. The collaborative infrastructure established through SUP demonstrates Scottish institutions’ commitment to open access innovation, working as major contributors to global efforts to create a fair and equitable academic publishing model.
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland is the oldest antiquarian society in Scotland, founded in 1780 to provide an independent forum for the study, conservation and enjoyment of Scotland’s past. The Society’s scholarly publishing programme aims to ‘promote the understanding and conservation of Scotland’s past for the benefit of all’ by publishing high-quality peer-reviewed research. The Society currently publishes an annual journal (Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland) that offers both green and gold open access, a series of open access peer-reviewed excavation reports (Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports) and is in the process of expanding our selection of open access ebooks.
Established as the UK’s first fully open access university press in 2015, UCL Press has fast become one of the leading open access scholarly publishers in the UK, publishing both traditional peer-reviewed scholarly works and innovative research outputs. We currently publish around 60 open access books a year in addition to 15 academic journals, and support UCL’s successful student journals programme.
Based at UCL, one of the world’s leading research universities, our primary outputs are scholarly monographs and edited collections, but we also publish textbooks, journals and other innovative research outputs. Our books have been accessed more than 8 million times by readers across the world. UCL Press makes all its books and journals available in open access form to download freely in PDF form or read online anywhere in the world. They can be downloaded freely from UCL Press’s website or from the many other platforms where they are distributed.
University of Huddersfield Press
The University of Huddersfield Press was established in 2007 and has grown to become a digital-first fully open access publisher of high-quality research. Our authors and editorial boards bring international expertise and a strong orientation to practice and real-world application to their publications. Our non-profit Press is keen to support emerging researchers and foster research communities by providing a platform for developing academic areas, publishing peer reviewed open access journals, monographs and music.
University of Leicester Open Journals
University of Leicester Open Journals supports community-led, open access journals run by our staff and students. We publish peer-reviewed research in Museum Studies, the teaching of Physical Sciences, Media and Communications and Interdisciplinary projects. We also host several student-run journals that are part of our Physics and Natural Sciences degrees.
The University of London Press is supported by the School of Advanced Study at the University of London. Our programme of cutting-edge humanities research is built on a long publishing history and a commitment to supporting researchers. We are a proudly non-profit, predominantly open access university press, and an expert and creative publishing partner for authors and organisations we work with. Our growing books programme covers most humanities disciplines, and we currently publish a number of dedicated open access book series including New Historical Perspectives and Reimagining Law and Justice.
Open Press at University of Sussex
The Open Press at the University of Sussex is Library-led institutional publishing. It is in its early stages and so far, has focused on the publication of open textbooks, handbooks and teaching materials. Longer term, our aim is to support the full range of research and scholarship publishing. As institutional publishers, we are not-for-profit and entirely open access.
University of Westminster Press
The University of Westminster Press, established in 2015, is an award-winning, non-profit, open access university press of high-quality peer reviewed arts, humanities and social science research, publishing for a global audience. We are the publisher of six journals and over 50 books, with book series that include Critical Digital and Social Media Studies, CAMRI Policy Briefs and Reports, Law and the Senses and Cultural China. UWP champions a community-led approach to academic publishing, advocating for an ethical, inclusive and equitable model that puts the needs of the scholarly community first.
White Rose University Press (WRUP) is a non-profit, open access digital publisher of peer-reviewed academic journals and books, publishing across a wide range of academic disciplines. WRUP is run jointly by the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York but welcomes proposals from across the wider academic community. Committed to open access dissemination of research and teaching materials, WRUP is also focused on ensuring academic quality, and supporting innovation in digital publishing.
WRUP believes the future of academic publishing is open, and looks to support the transition to an open scholarship environment with publications that are freely accessible to all, ensuring maximum global reach and impact. WRUP is committed to supporting authors and researchers, providing accessible publication routes for high-quality research outputs and teaching materials in the service of open scholarship.
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