Open Access
Edward Elgar Publishing launched its dedicated digital platform, Elgaronline, in 2013 and shortly thereafter we commenced our Open Access publishing programme. Under an Open Access publishing model, a book, book chapter or journal article can be made freely available to read and download immediately upon publication.
Our Open Access programme is built upon the same strong principles laid down by our Founder, Edward Elgar, of offering authors an unrivalled level of author service and care.
We publish Open Access content right across our list, encompassing Law, Business and the Social Sciences, and including complete books, individual book chapters and journal articles.
The continued evolution towards scholarly content increasingly being published Open Access is in line with our stated company mission, which is to enrich and support our academic and professional communities through creative commissioning and effective dissemination of high calibre content for a global audience, and by delivering a dynamic, responsive and efficient publishing service to authors, readers and customers.
The information contained in this section of the website all refers to immediate ‘Gold’ Open Access. For our ‘Green’ Self-Archiving policy, please refer to Reuse of your work.
Book proposals
- All Open Access scholarly monograph books must first be accepted through our standard peer review process. This ensures Elgar Open Access books are both of high academic quality and also a good fit with the books we publish in the social sceinces and law. Please see our submission guidelines or contact a commissioning editor to discuss further.
Author service
We provide the same high quality manuscript editing and production, including copyediting, typesetting, proof reading, cover design and indexing. We will produce a book in both print and electronic formats with a unique jacket design, using quality materials that you will be proud of. The author and contributors will receive complimentary copies of the print book.
As an author you will not notice a difference in the review process, production or promotion of your work when you choose the Open Access book or journal option. We dedicate the same high level of resource and care to all of our authors’ books and journal articles. We use CC-BY-NC-ND as standard, as it gives maximum control for authors over their work, but are very happy to consider any other CC license required by funders.
Open Access standards
- DRM free PDF file of the final book manuscript.
- Immediate availability on a CC-BY-NC-ND Creative Commons.
- Complies with Open Access policies of the Wellcome Trust, AHRC, European Union and most other funding bodies.
Marketing and promotion
- Your Open Access book will receive the same level of marketing and promotion enjoyed by all of our books including submission to journals for review, international direct marketing, online promotion and conference exhibitions.
Wide dissemination
We host the Open Access book or journal file for free download and deposit the web address in the Crossref DOI repository allowing citation linking to the work.
Our Open Access books are made freely available on Elgaronline and we work with libraries to ensure they are included in their catalogues and are discoverable by researchers.
Online discovery is facilitated through inclusion in the Database of Open Access Books (DOAB), Google Books and Google Scholar.
Authors may upload the file to an institutional repository or a discipline-based repository or archive, citing the published version.
Preservation
- As well as dissemination though multiple eBook channels the Open Access book or journal article will be archived with Portico to ensure future preservation and access.