It is important to consider several points that will allow us to select the publishing house where the book will be published:
- Identify whether the publisher is multidisciplinary or specialised and choose our preference.
- Electronic availability of the publication. Publications that are published electronically, or that have an online version, are more likely to be cited than those that only have a paper version.
- Consider the evaluation criteria of the main evaluation agencies and organisations (ANECA) for books and book chapters.
- The open deposit of books or book chapters in institutional, thematic or multidisciplinary repositories will be valued.
Interesting tools when choosing a publisher:
Directories and repositories of open access monographs:
- Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
- Europeana
- Flat World Knowledge
- Gutenberg-e
- Internet Archive. Non-profit library with millions of free books and magazines, movies, software, music and more.
- OAPEN Open Access Publishing in European Networks. It contains open access academic books, mainly in the humanities and social sciences.
- The Online Books Page. More than two million open access books on the Web.
- Open Humanities Press
- Knowledge Unlatched
Publishers that offer the possibility of of publishing monographs in open access:
