{"id":4817,"date":"2024-08-21T13:34:17","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T13:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/?post_type=oa-dashboard&#038;p=4817"},"modified":"2025-10-10T14:29:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T13:29:33","slug":"open-access-books","status":"publish","type":"oa-dashboard","link":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/oa-dashboard\/oa-dashboard-2\/open-access-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Access Books"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"margin-bottom: -10px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Open Access Books<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44487\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com\/stm.offloadmedia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/10001047\/STM-Divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"760\" height=\"40\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The publications of gold Open Access (OA) books recorded within the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) showed a CAGR of 13% between 2014 and 2024. OA uptake is less prevalent for scholarly books in comparison to journal articles. OA books tend to be supported by fewer funder policies and funds, particularly in the humanities.\u202f While only a small minority of open access books are registered in the DOAB overall, over a ten-year period, these have more than tripled.\u202f\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The data sources available at present do not yet allow us to identify the specific types of open access applied to open access books, monographs or chapters with sufficient confidence to display on this dashboard but STM will continue to monitor and gather data with a view to developing a more detailed analysis for future updates.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":4799,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-4817","oa-dashboard","type-oa-dashboard","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Open Access Books - STM Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/oa-dashboard\/oa-dashboard-2\/open-access-books\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Open Access Books - STM Association\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Open Access Books The publications of gold Open Access (OA) books recorded within the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) showed a CAGR of 13% between 2014 and 2024. 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