Journals licensing

Introduction

OUP is built on a heritage that dates back to the earliest days of printing, and our content is drawn together under a brand which is recognised worldwide for its  rigour, quality and value. We publish our own cutting edge academic journals in all major subject areas and on behalf of leading learned societies from around the globe.

We maintain the highest levels of peer review and quality assurance, with 233 of our journals receiving an Impact Factor and 22% of journals ranked in the top 10% of at least one subject category. This reflects OUP's position as a trusted gateway to the very best scholarly research and resources.

Our digital licensing team seeks to work with partners that can help us to achieve our mission of promoting research excellence worldwide. We recognise the value that our content can bring to modern and innovative digital products, technologies and platforms that transform the way that information is sought and accessed.

How can we help you?

Licensing our content is an efficient and economical way to solve your product’s content need whilst benefiting from our outstanding academic reputation, with the added benefit of lending the credibility derived from our brand and the brands of the many learned societies that we represent though our journals publishing.

Licensing journal content involves collaborating with a dedicated member of our experienced digital licensing team to find the perfect solution for your product.

 We operate globally with more than 100 partners ranging from start-ups to blue-chip tech companies and can work with you to establish a licensing agreement that builds long-lasting, mutual value.

We can help you to navigate:

• Content selection

• Business model

• Trademark rights and positive brand associations

• Promotional activities

• Contracting and legal activities

• Content transfer and data delivery solutions 

Use cases

Licensees currently use our content to contribute to and develop academic research solutions and discipline aggregators and databases as well as in a range of innovative products such as quiz platforms, apps, data mining technologies, online learning materials and more. We publish our journals in modern digital data formats, which can be easily manipulated to solve a variety of content needs.

Next steps

Contact our resourceful team for more information.

We’d love to hear from you to talk through how we can help you to address your current content needs.