European University Press Survey 2026 | AEUP

Publishing is one of Europe’s largest cultural industries, yet university presses and institutional publishers remain largely invisible in data, policy, and infrastructure debates. While commercial scholarly publishing is extensively documented, the diverse, non-profit, institutionally embedded publishing landscape is not.

To address this gap, AEUP launches a Europe-wide survey mapping university presses and other institutional publishers. The aim is to build a structured, evidence-based picture of how institutional publishing actually works across Europe: publishing profiles, workflows, governance and funding models, and approaches to Open Access with a particular focus on Diamond OA.

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