The Society supports free and unlimited access to all content published in its online journals and books
PSAS is a hybrid journal. The online volume (ISSN 2056-743X) is published once a year through the Society’s e-journal platform as a collection of open and subscriber content. All PSAS articles become free to access after two years since publication.
Please contact the Managing Editor at editor@socantscot.org for information on open access publishing in PSAS. We offer a range of options and we are happy to work within the requirements of different research funders.
Authors are welcome to self-archive the different versions of their PSAS papers as follows:
Submitted Version
Licence: CC BY
Location: Any website
Notes: Published source must be acknowledged with citation
Accepted Version
Licence: CC BY
Location: Any website
Notes: Published source must be acknowledged with citation
Published Version
Licence: CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND
Location: Journal website, Any Website
SAIR (ISSN 2056-7421) is an open access journal. A charge applies to all reports accepted after peer review to cover the costs of production and online hosting. The charge amount is calculated using the following formula:
(word-count/600) + (image-count/2) + (table-count/2) = (estimated page-count)
(estimated page-count) x £28 = total charge
For example, if your submission is 42,000 words long with 30 images and 10 tables, then the report will cost £2,520 to publish.
(42,000 words/600) + (30 images/2) + (10 tables/2) = 90 pages
90 x £28 = £2,520
Here is a breakdown of how the funds are used:
Service function | Amount | Rounded percentage of total |
Editorial & admin | £220 | 9% |
Pre-production | £36 | 1% |
Copy-editing | £770 | 31% |
Typesetting | £460 | 18% |
Proof-reading | £440 | 17% |
Online distribution | £470 | 19% |
Long-term preservation | £120 | 5% |
Domain name registration | £4 | 0% |
Total | £2,520 | 100% |
The Society launched its Open Access E-books platform in 2019. Please contact the Managing Editor at editor@socantscot.org for information on publishing a book in open access.
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