Open access

Share your research with the world

Learn how we can help you get the many benefits of open access.

What is Open Access?

Open Access is a publishing model that makes research freely and permanently available online for everyone to read, download and reuse.

Research published open access reaches a wider audience, often leading to increased citations and greater impact.

Read more about open access and its benefits.

LSE Research Online

LSE Research Online is the institutional repository for the London School of Economics and Political Science and our main tool for making LSE research open access. LSE Research Online contains publications, datasets and theses.

Learn how to deposit your outputs in LSE Research Online.

Why deposit your research in LSE Research Online?

• Increased dissemination, reuse, visibility and impact of your research within and beyond academia.
• Comply with your funder's open access policy.
• Publications are exposed to Google Scholar and other indexing services.
• Author publication information is fed through to People Profile pages and departmental websites.

Support for publishing

Contact the Publishing Advice Service for guidance on:

• choosing and evaluating journals
• author rights and signing a publishing agreement
• book publishing