{"id":2886,"date":"2023-08-13T14:23:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T14:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whpress.co.uk\/publications\/?page_id=2886"},"modified":"2026-06-17T09:04:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T09:04:04","slug":"s2o","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.whpress.co.uk\/publications\/s2o\/","title":{"rendered":"The ‘Environment and Society’ Package"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Interdisciplinary research on environment and society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Six high quality open access journals<\/strong>.
\u2022 Option to include ‘Environment and History’,<\/strong> our flagship hybrid title, for significant savings.
\u2022 Opening access<\/strong> to new scholarship through S2O and similar models.
\u2022 Additional benefits<\/strong> (reduced price, OA Publish Guarantee, backset access etc.).
\u2022 All journals can be supported via individual subscriptions<\/a>, or as a bundle.
\u2022 Published by a small, fully independent family-run press<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Introduction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The White Horse Press is a small independent publisher<\/strong> specialising in environment and society.\u00a0We are pleased to offer a package of six (or seven) scholarly journals<\/strong> on environment and society. The package includes established journals<\/strong> of strong reputation alongside newer titles that support emerging<\/strong> interdisciplinary communities<\/strong>. Exploring interests across history, the social sciences and the humanities<\/strong>, all the journals in the package share a preoccupation with how society and the environment<\/strong> interact and feed back on one another.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The White Horse Press is committed to reducing and removing barriers<\/strong> to access for the material we publish. After all, the best, latest thought<\/strong> on environment and society is relevant to, literally, everyone. We are therefore aiming for full immediate open access<\/strong> on six of our journals, with no author fees; while offering more affordable access to our one hybrid journal, for those who want it.
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The 2027 Package<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The White Horse Press\u00a0Environment and Society Package<\/em>\u00a0is available for a third year, now with a choice between two online-only configurations. This year there are options for six or seven titles, compared with only four in 2026; pricing reflects the larger package size while applying a *reduction* in price per title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environment and Society Package \u2013\u00a0OA Focus<\/em>
A mixed model package that includes<\/span>\u00a0six high quality journals seeking subscription support to remain sustainably open access without author fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environment and Society Package \u2013\u00a0Complete<\/em>
The six ‘OA Focus’ journals (same as above), but now also including our flagship title\u00a0Environment and History<\/em>, which remains hybrid.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The full title list is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title<\/strong><\/td>ISSN<\/strong><\/td>OA Focus Package<\/strong><\/td>Complete Package<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
 East of the Elbe<\/td>2979-3262<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td><\/tr>
 Environment and History<\/td>0967-3407<\/td>\u2715<\/strong><\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td><\/tr>
 Global Environment<\/td>1973-3739<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td><\/tr>
 The Journal of Population & Sustainability<\/td>2398-5488<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td><\/tr>
 Nomadic Peoples<\/td>0822-7942<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td><\/tr>
 Plant Perspectives<\/td>2753-3603<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td><\/tr>
 Worldwide Waste<\/td>2399-7117<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td>\u2714\ufe0f<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With your support, we aim to keep all six OA titles open access in 2027 and beyond. Environment and History<\/em> will remain hybrid for now, but subscribers to either package option are eligible for reduced APCs in that title. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Open<\/strong> Access Models<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Three of our open access journals run on a Subscribe to Open<\/strong> basis; two on a mixed subscription model based on Projekt KOALA<\/strong> grants; and one is diamond<\/strong>. Environment and History<\/em> (in the Complete package only) is hybrid with a Green OA<\/strong> option<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subscribe to Open: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are offering three of the package journals on a Subscribe to Open<\/a> basis (Nomadic Peoples,<\/em>\u00a0Plant Perspectives<\/em>, and our brand new title\u00a0East of the Elbe:<\/em>\u00a0Environment and Society in Central and Eastern Europe<\/em>). If we achieve a set revenue target for the year for any of these journals, its 2027 volume will become fully and permanently Open Access under a CC BY license. Should we fail to reach the revenue threshold for 2027, the 2027 volume will remain gated (available to all those who subscribed, but not others) and we\u2019ll try again in 2028. Revenue thresholds will be set for each journal individually. Individual subscriptions and bundled subscriptions will all count towards the threshold. Author fees will only ever apply in cases where the volume remains gated, but the author nevertheless wishes to make their own article OA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please see our Ethics Statement<\/strong><\/a> for more detail on how we implement Subscribe-to-Open in an equitable way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mixed Model with<\/em><\/strong> Projekt KOALA<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global Environment<\/em> and Worldwide Waste<\/em> are offered on a mixed model that includes grant support from Projekt KOALA<\/a><\/strong>, which covers part but not all of the production costs. We are already committed to publishing these two titles open access (CC BY) and APC-free in 2027, as a condition of securing the KOALA support \u2013 but since the KOALA support is not enough to cover costs and is not confirmed beyond 2027, we are still seeking seeking support from subscribers (who benefit from access to gated backset content) as a way to cover the remaining production costs and ensure the long term financial viability of these two journals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n