More than 40+ university presses and hundreds of authors are part of Path to Open, a new program that supports the publishing of open access scholarly monographs. The first 100 books were released on JSTOR in the fall of 2023, with an additional 300 titles being published annually during the term of the pilot, 2024-2026.

Participating libraries will acquire unlimited, exclusive access to high-quality frontlist Path to Open books every year. Three years after publication, the titles will then be released openly to the world.

The collection features peer-reviewed monographs in disciplines across the humanities and social sciences, with an emphasis on works that bring forward diverse perspectives and ideas.

To help in identifying titles that would be most impactful for libraries and scholars, titles were selected that were associated to disciplines with the highest overall usage and were associated to the highest used search terms on JSTOR.

Path to Open books will be available DRM free with unlimited user access and integrated with other scholarly content on the JSTOR platform, including thousands of books, journals, and primary source collections.

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Download the 2023 title list (xlsx) | Download the 2024 title list (xlsx)

Titles hyperlinked below indicate that the title is now live on the JSTOR platform.