Open access books

LSE encourages authors to deposit their monographs and book chapters in LSE Research Online (LSERO). Check with your publisher if they will permit you to deposit, or “self-archive”, the accepted version of your manuscript in LSERO, whether you can apply a Creative Commons licence to the manuscript and if the publisher requires an embargo.  

For help understanding publisher policies and depositing your manuscript, contact the Open Access team. 

Authors are asked to pay a Book Processing Charge (BPC) or a Chapter Processing Charge (CPC) to publish their book or chapter Gold open access under a creative commons licence. BPCs can range from £3,000 to £15,000; CPCs are usually upwards of £1,000. 

We do not currently have any funds available to pay BPCs or CPCs. 

Some research funders allow you to build open access charges for monographs into your grant application as eligible, directly incurred costs. Check individual funder’s information to see if they will permit you to do this. 

When budgeting for open access monographs/chapters in your grant application, consider the following: 

• Which publishers are you considering for your proposal? 
• Do they offer a no-cost, Green or “self-archiving” route for open access? 
• What are their costs for Gold open access? 

Check your publisher’s open access policies using Open Policy Finder and make sure their titles are listed in the Directory of Open Access Books. 

Contact the Publishing Advice Service for guidance on author rights, signing a publishing agreement and choosing a book publisher.

LSE Press is a publisher of high quality, open access research in the social sciences.

Get in touch to discuss your book idea or with a full proposal. The Press team can help with questions about costs and funding for LSE Press publications.