LSE Press is a non-profit open access publisher of high-quality social science research, including monographs, edited collections, textbooks and journals. We publish serious social science research that has the potential to influence academic debate, public policy and the broader conversation.
Fees & tiers
LSE Press offers a membership package with tiered pricing, as detailed below. For pricing in other countries, please contact info@openbookcollective.org
Tier structure
TIER | USA & AUS | CANADA | EU* | UK |
Tier 1 | 10,000+ FTE | CRKN bands 11-13 | Large org., high income country | Jisc bands 1-4 |
Tier 2 | 5,000-9,999 FTE | CRKN bands 7-10 | Medium org., high income country | Jisc bands 5-6 |
Tier 3 | 0-4,999 FTE | CRKN bands 1-6 | Small org., high income country / orgs. from middle-income countries | Jisc bands 7-10 |
*In the case of European institutions, tiering is determined by a combination of organisation size and the World Bank's classification of countries by income. Small organisations are defined as 0-4,999 FTE, medium organisations are defined as 5,000-9,999 FTE, and large organisations as 10,000+ FTE.
Fees
TIER | USD | AUD | CAD | EUR | GBP |
Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 | 1750 1500 900 | 2550 2000 1400 | 2500 1800 1250 | 1550 1200 850 | 1300 1000 700 |
Contract length
Benefits
LSE Press provides those who support its Membership Package with:
- Annual stakeholder reporting on usage (from our platform, OAPEN and JSTOR), funding and spending
- Access to metadata records, including ONIX, MARC, KBART and CSV formats (via Thoth)
- COUNTER-compliant usage statistics (provided via OAPEN)
- Long-term preservation of LSE Press content in CLOCKSS and Portico
- Acknowledgement and thanks for your funding on our LSE Press website
- Use of the LSE Press logo
- Subscription to our newsletter with information about new publications and public book events
- Host webinars for supporting members on setting up and running institutional and library-based publishing operations, with mentorship also offered, subject to availability
- Selection of LSE Press merchandise when you sign up as a supporter
