Why publishers choose OAPEN

Everything publishers need to maximise the visibility, accessibility, and impact of their open access (OA) books.

Includes

✅ Full-text hosting (PDFs, EPUBs, and other formats) of OA books and chapters on trusted open infrastructure.
✅ Professional metadata curation and quality assurance.
✅ Automatic book inclusion in DOAB and additional metadata dissemination to libraries, discovery services, and other platforms; optional participation in PRISM.
✅ COUNTER usage statistics via the OAPEN Library Dashboard.
✅ Long-term preservation through Portico.
✅ Dedicated support from the OAPEN team.
✅ Transparent pricing: €10 per title for the first year of hosting and €2 per title every year after this.
✅ Waivers for publisher affiliated with a library or institution that is actively supporting OAPEN.

Trusted Hosting

Make your books openly available through a globally recognised platform dedicated to scholarly books, built on the open-source software DSpace and hosted in CERN’s Data Center, ensuring reliable access for readers worldwide.

More information on providing your books to us is available here.

Enhanced Discovery

Benefit from metadata curation, book inclusion in DOAB, and dissemination to a broad network of libraries, aggregators, and discovery services, including Clarivate and Ex Libris, helping readers find your books wherever they search.

The OAPEN Library is an OpenAIRE-compliant repository and enhances records with DOIs and ORCIDs.

Impact Insights

Monitor downloads and usage through the OAPEN Library Dashboard with COUNTER-compliant statistics at both title and publisher level, with downloadable reports.

Long-Term Preservation

Ensure the long-term preservation of your publications through Portico. Preservation guarantees continued access to content, even if a publisher platform becomes unavailable or ceases operation.

Cost-Effective Services

OAPEN provides hosting, preservation, dissemination, metadata curation, and reporting services at a transparent and affordable per-title fee.