Scholarly and academic publisher Berghahn Books will publish thirteen core anthropology journals as open access starting with their 2020 volumes under the subscribe-to-open model (S2O). The move is being hailed as the largest concerted disciplinary journals flip to open access since SCOAP3.
The availability of multiple models is paramount to maintaining a diverse, dynamic, and enterprising publishing ecosystem. Based on librarian curation, existing resources, and proven processes for supporting journals, a subscribe-to-open model is now emerging that makes financing sustainable open access more attainable, especially for smaller journals in the social sciences and humanities.
Participating libraries include open access pioneers who have shown their support for the pilot by subscribing to the entire collection, with other libraries affirming their backing when renewing subscriptions at the select title level. In adopting the model, many librarians are continuing to underwrite the journals their faculty has always endorsed, with other librarians drawn to a model that allows all readers and authors to benefit from open access alongside those in their own institution.
S2O was initiated by Annual Reviews. The BOA adaptation was conceived and implemented in partnership with Libraria. Berghahn Books is also working closely with Knowledge Unlatched in introducing the model to libraries across the spectrum.
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