Why publish with UCL Press?
Our mission is to make high-quality scholarship available to readers all over the world. Our books are published open access (OA) and are freely available to download from a range of platforms. We publish monographs, edited volumes and textbooks across a range of subjects and topics.
We combine the benefits of scholarly university press publishing with global OA dissemination. For more information on the benefits of OA publishing, take a look at our About Open Access page. As well as making our books available as free OA downloads, we also offer print versions for purchase via our website and other book retailers. To see where and how our books are being accessed, please take a look at our Statistics dashboard.
What our authors say about us
‘Working with UCL Press on Ancient Knowledge Networks was a really positive experience. Their high editorial standards and impeccable design led to a beautiful end result. Importantly, as well as being available in print, my book is also open access, so free for anyone to download.‘
Professor Eleanor Robson, School of History, UCL and author of Ancient Knowledge Networks
‘I believe that my book will potentially be a very widely used textbook, in countries such as India and China and beyond. It will benefit from open access since these countries, with poorer students and academics, may otherwise not have access.‘
Professor Ralph Schroeder, Oxford Internet Institute, co-author of The Web as History and author of Social Theory after the Internet
‘Publishing an open access textbook with UCL Press has greatly benefited our students, as they join our Scandinavian Studies course and has enabled us to enter conversation about the Nordic culture with a vast range of readers across the globe. It is extraordinary to think that students have read our book in places where they may not have access to courses like this but will get an introduction to the topic through our textbook. It’s been a great experience to work with the UCL Press team to develop this textbook. They provide a dedicated and supportive service to their authors and the quality of the published books is excellent.‘
Professor Jakob-Stougaard-Nielsen, School of European Languages, Culture and Society and co-editor of Introduction to Nordic Cultures