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¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Press’s pioneering Open Access (OA) programme spans many of the major academic disciplines, from history to philosophy and the sciences to anthropology.ÌýThe Press has published 339 books that have been downloaded more than 8.7 million times, while its 14 journals have attracted more than 2.6 million downloads.

Its publications – which feature monographs, edited collections, academic journals and textbooks – have reached readers in 242 countries and territories worldwide, providing access to vital academic research to readers in the Global South and beyond.

The 10 millionth download was the journal articleÌýA short history of the successes and failures of the international climate change negotiationsÌýby Mark A. Maslin, John Lang and Fiona Harvey, which appeared in the pioneering open science journalÌý¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Open: Environment.

The most popular title in the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Press list continues to beÌýHow the World Changed Social MediaÌýby ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Professor of Anthropology Daniel Miller and a collective of eight other global anthropologists.ÌýThe first book in the hugely popular 11-bookÌýWhy We PostÌýseries, it has been downloaded an astonishing 828,129 times since it was published by ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Press in early 2016, and itÌýhas been translated into a variety of languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Portuguese and Italian.

Paul Ayris, Pro-Vice-Provost at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº LCCOS (Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science), commented: ‘Started in 2015, ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Press continues to get better and better. 10,000,000 downloads and consultations underline the transformative effect that Open Access can have, particularly in the OA monograph space. ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº is proud to be developing a sustainable model for institutional OA publishing in Europe.’

Lara Speicher, Head of Publishing at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Press, said: ‘It is an immense achievement to have achieved 10 million downloads for ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Press’s publications and it is thanks to the combined contributions of our incredibly talented and forward-thinking authors who have embraced the OA model, the original vision of senior leaders at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº to start the Press in the first place and to provide ongoing support and encouragement, and last but not least, the dedication, skill and commitment of the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Press team who work hard behind the scenes every day to bring ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Press’s outputs to the world.’

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