Policy Press

Open access options for journals

Green open access archiving has already been possible for some time; for more information see our policy on self-archiving and institutional repositories. Our journals are fully compliant with funder mandates. We understand that different funding bodies have different requirements. If you need any clarification about our green open access policy, please email us to discuss your needs. 

Read and Publish Agreements provide universities with access to our complete journal portfolio collection (20 titles) while enabling authors at participating institutions to publish their original research open access in any of our subscription or hybrid journals for a flat annual fee. Learn more about our Read and Publish Initative.   

Gold open access publishing (making articles freely available to the reader under a variety of CC-BY licences) is also available upon payment of an Article Processing Charge of £1,500+VAT. The open access status of an article in no way influences its chance of acceptance or review, and payment should only be made after acceptance. In order to make your article Gold open access, please complete and sign an Open Access Licence Agreement and contact us (pp-journals@bristol.ac.uk) to request an invoice and confirm the licence you would like applied to your article. UK customers can also pay by credit card online if they prefer, by visiting our online shop.

Please note we are unable to process refunds for Article Processing Charges, including in the event of article retraction or later removal. We do, however, ensure that Bristol University Press and Policy Press do not charge twice for the same article, and will fully refund an APC in the event of duplicate payment.

For more information on the Gold open access option, please read our FAQs.

Article Processing Charges (APCs) for Gold open access

Rates for new articles 

CriteriaArticle Processing ChargeDiscount
Standard APC£1500 + VAT0%
Author from institution subscribing to the BUP/Policy Press Full Collection or Mix & Match 5 Journal Package£1200 + VAT10%
Author from a Bristol University Press or Policy Press Journal Editorial Board£1200 + VAT20%
First author from country in High or Medium Human Development category of UN HDI. (Authors from countries in the Very High Human Development category do not qualify for this discount.) £750 + VAT50%
First author from country in Low Human Development category of UN HDI£0100%

 

Retroactive Gold open access 

Articles which are 24 months old (based on first online publication date) can be made Gold open access for a reduced rate: 

CriteriaArticle Processing ChargeDiscount
Standard retroactive APC£500 + VAT0%
Author from institution subscribing to the BUP/Policy Press Full Collection or Mix & Match 5 Journal Package£400 + VAT20%
Author from a Policy Press Journal Editorial Board£400 + VAT20%
First author from country in High or Medium Human Development category of UN HDI. (Authors from countries in the Very High Human Development category do not qualify for this discount.) £250 + VAT50%
First author from country in Low Human Development category of UN HDI£0100%


Global Social Challenges Journal 

Global Social Challenges Journal operates on a Gold open access basis. We charge our standard APC to those with funding to cover it, and a 'pay what you can' model for those who don't. Our standard APC is £1,500+VAT. This is the amount that it costs us to publish each article. 

If you have some funding to contribute but are unable to pay the full fee, contact the Managing Editor, Sarah Bird, to discuss your individual case.

Where the first author of an article comes from a low-income country, they will automatically qualify to publish free of charge, while other standard discounts will apply in high and middle-income countries. Submissions to our 'Interventions' section will not incur charges until further notice.

Open access queries related to the Global Social Challenges Journal should be sent to info@globalsocialchallenges.com

Read our open access FAQs

 

See also
About open access at Bristol University Press
Read and Publish Initatives 
Publishing open access books with Bristol University Press
Our open access books
Our open access journal articles