Ever since 2004, when Verlag Barbara Budrich was founded, we started publishing titles in open access and offered open access services. Whether gold (i.e. immediate open access) or green (i.e. open access a certain period of time after first publication), whether entire books, journals, or selected parts, contributions or articles, whether as part and parcel of the publication agreement or as an afterthought: we cater to your needs as best we can.
Like with any other project that we publish, we make sure that open access projects fit our book or journal list and they comply with our publication standards.
In Germany, there are a number of pertinent open access repositories that focus on specific academic and research fields rather than being institutional, i.e., archiving publications according to the author’s affiliation. Thus, we cooperate with the Social Science Open Access Repository (SSOAR), peDOCs (pedagogical documents), the repository for educational research and pedagogy, and the Gender Studies repository GenderOpen.
In order to achieve an even more global dissemination of our titles in open access, we joined the Open Book Collective (OBC) in 2025, among others.
We discuss current copyright issues with you, and ensure that your document receives an up-to-date creative commons license. In compliance with international academic standards, we most frequently advise CC-BY.
Visibility and accessibility are ensured by using digital object identifiers (DOIs) with Crossref.
Would you like advice on whether Open Access is the right way to go for your publications? In case of questions about our open access services, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Of course, all our open access publications are also available directly from our webshop. Get an overview here!