{"id":18621,"date":"2018-04-10T12:52:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-10T11:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/?page_id=18621"},"modified":"2025-08-19T14:59:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:59:40","slug":"publication-open-access","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/policy\/publication-open-access\/","title":{"rendered":"Publishing and Open Access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Historical Society is actively engaged in ongoing debates about the future of arts and humanities publishing. Overseen by its Publications Committee, the Society is both a <a href=\"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/publications\/\">publisher of scholarly history<\/a> and a leading participant in debates over Open Access publishing &#8212; with reference to the benefits and limitations for individual researchers and learned societies.<\/p>\n<p>The Society&#8217;s Publications Committee is chaired by Dr Kate Bradley (University of Kent).<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Open Access Policy Work<\/span><\/h4>\n<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27961 \" src=\"https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/16041805\/Screenshot-2021-08-16-at-04.17.17.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/16041805\/Screenshot-2021-08-16-at-04.17.17.png 2218w, https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/16041805\/Screenshot-2021-08-16-at-04.17.17-300x97.png 300w, https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/16041805\/Screenshot-2021-08-16-at-04.17.17-1024x332.png 1024w, https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/16041805\/Screenshot-2021-08-16-at-04.17.17-768x249.png 768w, https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/16041805\/Screenshot-2021-08-16-at-04.17.17-1536x499.png 1536w, https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/16041805\/Screenshot-2021-08-16-at-04.17.17-2048x665.png 2048w, https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/16041805\/Screenshot-2021-08-16-at-04.17.17-200x65.png 200w, https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/16041805\/Screenshot-2021-08-16-at-04.17.17-624x203.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/>\n<p>The RHS engages closely with wider debates about Open Access publishing, and the implications of OA policies for historians and learned societies:<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #003366;\">UKRI and Open Access for those receiving research funding<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>April 2022: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.royalhistsoc.org\/2022\/03\/28\/ukri-open-access-faqs\/\">UKRI Open Access Policy for the Arts and Humanities: FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>August 2021: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.royalhistsoc.org\/2021\/08\/11\/ukri-open-access-protocols-august-2021\/\">Summary and initial response to UKRI&#8217;s Open Access policy decision.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>May 2020: <a href=\"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/rhs-submits-response-to-ukri-open-access-review\/\">RHS Response to UKRI&#8217;s Open Access Review<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Plan S and its implications for historians<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>October 2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/policy\/publication-open-access\/plan-s-and-history-journals\/\">RHS Guidance Paper<\/a>\u00a0<em>Plan S and the History Journal Landscape.<\/em> This report is designed to assist History and broader Humanities &amp; Social Sciences stakeholders to understand and navigate the current policy frontiers of open access publishing for peer reviewed scholarly journals.<\/li>\n<li>July 2019: <a href=\"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/policy\/publication-open-access\/rhs-working-paper-plan-s-hybrid-history-journals\/\">Interim Working Paper\u00a0<\/a><em><em>Plan S and the Hybrid History Journal Landscape:<\/em><\/em> a preliminary mapping of current preparedness for Plan S open access implementation among UK and international \u2018hybrid\u2019 History journals and designed to elicit further evidence, feedback and corrections for a more comprehensive analysis to be published in October 2019.<\/li>\n<li>May 2019: response to the Updated Guidance on Plan S, available <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.royalhistsoc.org\/2019\/06\/04\/rhs-responds-to-plan-s-revised-guidance\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>April 2019: RHS published a Working Paper assessing the implications of Plan S compliance for history researchers, focusing particularly on those with Wellcome funding.<\/li>\n<li>February 2019: we submitted a response to the consultation on the &#8216;Plan S&#8217; open-access initiative, which is available <a href=\"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/plan-s-consultation-feb-2019\/\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>January 2019: publication of a briefing paper, call for evidence and interim report, available <a href=\"https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/17205243\/RHSPlanSInterimJan19.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Publishing and the Research Excellence Framework<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>In early 2018, the government announced that for REF2027 policies on open access journal articles would be extended to include monographs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>March 2018: a discussion briefing on the <a href=\"https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/17205553\/OA-Briefing-March-2018.pdf\">possible implications of publishing access requirements in future REF exercises<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>May 2018: we surveyed the <a href=\"https:\/\/files.royalhistsoc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/17205527\/RHS-Book-Processing-Charges-May-2018.pdf\">Book Processing Charges<\/a> (BPCs) charged by publishers to UK-based historians and their institutions for Open Access publication. At the same time, the British Academy has called for a constructive dialogue over Open Access book publication, issuing a new position paper &#8216;Open Access and Monographs: Where are We Now&#8217;, which is available here<span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 1rem;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Data management and scholarly communications<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>July 2020: RHS guidelines on Data Protection and Historians, stating responsibilities under data protection legislation, and the exemptions and allowances for historical research.<\/li>\n<li>March 2018: <a href=\"https:\/\/royalhistsoc.org\/ukscl\/\">The UK Scholarly Communications Licence: What it is, and why it matters for the Arts &amp; Humanities<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Historical Society is actively engaged in ongoing debates about the future of arts and humanities publishing. 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