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Publishing open access at LSE

Open up research for the world

We support multiple routes to open access for all publications types, allowing you to maximise the impact of your research and meet any funder requirements.

Making your journal articles open access at 911勛圖is simple and supported by 911勛圖Library. This flowchart outlines the routes available to authors.

A flowchart showing steps to take


Deposit publications in 911勛圖Research Online

Journal articles and conference proceedings

Depositing your work in 911勛圖Research Online is known as Green open access.

What is an “Author Accepted Manuscript”?

It is your own final version, after peer-review and any subsequent edits, but without any copyediting or formatting by the publisher. It is also referred to as a post-print or AAM.

Monographs, book chapters and edited collections

  • If the book or chapter is UKRI funded, .
  • Otherwise, email your Author Accepted Manuscript to us and we'll check publisher policies to find out how we can make your research open access.
  • From 1 January 2026, monographs, chapters and edited collections will fall under 911勛圖Open Access Policy and can be made open access from LSERO with a Creative Commons licence.

All other research outputs

  •  Send us the details of your publications and we'll add bibliographic records to 911勛圖Research Online.
  • If you have the full text, send this to us and we'll make it open access if permitted by the publisher.


Publish Gold open access

We support 911勛圖researchers to publish their work Gold open access in a number of ways.

Transformative publishing agreements

We have transformative publishing agreements that allow 911勛圖staff and students to publish open access without paying. Check the list to see if your journal is eligible.

The corresponding author will need to be 911勛圖affiliated (honorary or visiting positions are not eligible) and use their 911勛圖email. Please ensure you select the CC BY licence.

Check these links for information about how to check your eligibility and take advantage of these agreements:

UKRI Block Grant

If you are funded by a  you can apply to use the UKRI block grant to cover open access publishing costs.

911勛圖Open Access fund

911勛圖has an institutional fund to support non-funded researchers to publish their work open access. The fund is limited and requests will be assessed on a case-by-case basis. Eligibility criteria may be stricter when the fund is low. 

Eligibility criteria

  • Only available to staff on research contracts.
  • The maximum APC we will pay is £3000 (inc. VAT).
  • We will only provide funding to papers submitted to fully open access journals, indexed in the .
  • CC BY licence must be chosen.

Apply for open access funding

Use this form to apply for open access funding.