High-quality titles with a high impact
Explore high-impact scholarship with Path to Open. Access diverse, peer-reviewed titles that strengthen research, teaching, and discovery across the humanities and social sciences, with a guaranteed path to open access.
~900
Licensed titles
100
Open access titles
300
Titles added and opened annually
From early to open access
Path to Open includes newly published, recent backlist, and open access monographs from a broad range of scholarly presses. Participating libraries receive access to 300 new titles each year, along with 600 previously published Path to Open titles, before they transition to open.
All Path to Open titles are DRM-free, offer unlimited-user access, and fully integrated with scholarly journals, research reports, images, and multimedia on JSTOR.
Below you can explore titles across the program, learn how JSTOR’s selection approach advances bibliodiversity, see how open access expands their readership and engagement, and find out how to join us on the Path to Open.
Explore the titles
The titles above showcase a growing collection of open access books now available on JSTOR.
Path to Open encompasses nearly 1,000 titles across open, recent backlist, and newly added frontlist content. Each year, 300 titles become openly available and 300 new titles enter the program, continually expanding the scholarship available to participating libraries and readers worldwide.
Use the searchable list below to explore titles across the program. Filter by publisher, publication year, open access availability, discipline, and more to find books relevant to your research, teaching, or collection.
The title list is updated daily. Forthcoming title information is provided for informational purposes and is subject to change.
How title selection advances bibliodiversity
Bibliodiversity means ensuring that scholarly publishing reflects a broad range of disciplines, publishers, and perspectives. JSTOR’s editorial team selects 300 Path to Open titles annually from participating press submissions, following an approach developed with a peer committee.
The team considers demonstrated reader demand, the scholarly relevance of the work, and representation across publishers, perspectives, and subject areas. This approach balances disciplines that already demonstrate strong interest on JSTOR with newer or historically underrepresented fields where open access could help scholarship reach a wider audience.
The first 100 open access titles represent 29 disciplines, while the 2023–2025 titles span 48, with more titles continuing to enter the program. Archaeology, Architecture, Performing Arts, Political Science, and Urban Studies experienced the largest average usage increases per title after becoming open.
Together, the selection approach and early results show how thoughtful selection and open access can increase the visibility of scholarship across a wider range of disciplines.
What publishers and authors are seeing
As a university press, our mission is to publish scholarship that matters and help it find the widest meaningful audience. Path to Open has given the University of Nebraska Press a practical, collaborative way to extend that mission: Titles that were once available primarily to readers with institutional access are now reaching readers around the world. Seeing usage increase by more than 250 percent and geographic reach expand from 13 to 60 countries affirms what we hoped this model could do—make serious humanities scholarship more visible, discoverable, and accessible.
I am happy that Ecologies of Imperialism in Algeria is part of Path to Open. This program has helped triple the readership of the book and greatly expanded the geographic scope of those readers. I am especially pleased that a book working through themes of imperialism and environmental change in North Africa has become more accessible to people in the region.
The usage reports we received a few weeks after the first cohort of Path to Open books flipped to open showed near vertical lines. The demand for high-quality, peer-reviewed humanities scholarship is strong worldwide. As a shared, scalable program on a trusted platform, Path to Open enables small- and medium-sized presses to meet the demand without requiring authors to cover publishing costs.”“Small presses are very vulnerable right now. There’s a lot going on…Path to Open allows us to sustain our publishing efforts while ensuring that important scholarship reaches the widest possible audience.
Path to Open in action
From Pilot to Impact: What Happens When JSTOR’s Path to Open Books Become Open?
Watch this Charleston webinar, originally held on September 3, 2026, to hear representatives from the Boston Library Consortium, University of Oregon, Liverpool University Press, Syracuse University Press, and JSTOR discuss new evidence and community perspectives on the impact of the first 100 Path to Open titles to become open access.
Turning the Page on Path to Open: From Pilot to Program
Over the past three years, libraries, publishers, and partners have worked together to shape Path to Open, a Books at JSTOR initiative that supports the transition of high-quality scholarly monographs to open access at scale. With positive results and feedback, the pilot is now moving forward as an official JSTOR program. Watch this on-demand webinar to explore this important milestone and learn what it means for your library.
Celebrating 100 Path to Open books becoming open access
Path to Open has reached a major milestone: the first 100 scholarly books have officially flipped to open access on JSTOR. This post celebrates what that moment represents for libraries, publishers, and authors working together to expand global access to high-quality academic monographs.
Explore the latest titles in JSTOR’s Path to Open program November 2025
Explore new Path to Open titles on JSTOR supporting teaching and research. View November 2025 releases and access options.
Sustainable books models and digital stewardship at Charleston 2025
At this year’s Charleston Conference, JSTOR hosted two lunch events. Highlights included updates on Path to Open, Publisher Collections, and JSTOR Seeklight’s growing role in AI-assisted metadata generation.
Syracuse University librarians, faculty, and publisher: Collaborating for tomorrow with Path to Open
This webinar featured Syracuse University speakers discussing how Path to Open supports authors, strengthens bibliodiversity, and expands global access to scholarship through a sustainable open-access model.
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