Palgrave Macmillan launch Open Access initiative

["Holyhead, Charlene" <c.holyhead@palgrave.com>]

Palgrave Macmillan launch initiative offering Open Access 
publishing to scholars in the social sciences

Palgrave Macmillan today announces the launch of Palgrave Open 
(www.palgrave-journals.com/palgraveopen/) offering authors of 
accepted primary research papers the option to publish their 
articles with immediate open access.

Working in collaboration with scholarly institutions and learned 
society partners, Palgrave Macmillan has selected eighteen 
journals to offer Open Access at launch:

*BioSocieties
*British Politics
*Comparative European Politics
*Contemporary Political Theory
*European Journal of Development Research
*French Politics
*International Politics
*Journal of Asset Management
*Journal of Brand Management
*Journal of Banking Regulation
*Journal of Derivatives & Hedge Funds
*Journal of International Business Studies
*Journal of Public Health Policy
*Journal of Revenue and Pricing Management
*Journal of Simulation
*OR Insight
*Social Theory & Health
*Subjectivity

David Bull, Journals Publishing Director at Palgrave Macmillan, 
says: "Palgrave Open is a timely and exciting initiative for the 
social sciences, a sector that has not hitherto found itself 
significantly involved with open access models. We're now taking 
a lead in presenting our communities with an alternative 
publishing model, to sit beside our existing subscription and 
site license business. It is important that we are at the 
forefront of exploring scaleable and sustainable publishing 
solutions in the digital age. Over the next 18 months we will 
carefully assess and review the impact and operation of Palgrave 
Open."

Authors can choose to publish their article Open Access under one 
of two Creative Commons licenses and Palgrave Open's publishing 
policies ensure that authors can fully comply with the public 
access requirements of major funding bodies worldwide.

The first article to be published via Palgrave Open, 'Creating 
the 'ethics industry': Mary Warnock, in vitro fertilization and 
the history of bioethics in Britain' by Duncan Wilson, University 
of Manchester, UK, is now freely available in the June issue of 
BioSocieties.

Palgrave Open: www.palgrave-journals.com/palgraveopen/

BioSocieties: www.palgrave-journals.com/biosoc/

About Palgrave Macmillan

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scholarship in higher education and the professional world. We 
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For further information please contact:

Charley Holyhead
Head of Scholarly Marketing
c.holyhead@palgrave.com