ECPR is taking a significant step towards an open future in political science research, through a new partnership with Cambridge University Press. From January 2026, ECPR will join forces with Cambridge to publish its distinguished portfolio of social science journals.

Cambridge University Press is the preeminent publisher in the field of political science, with an unparalleled list of books and journals. Cambridge has published our journal European Political Science Review (EPSR) since its launch in 2009, and the flagship European Journal of Political Research (EJPR) has now successfully transferred to the Press. EJPR will be joined in 2026 by three more titles: European Political Science (EPS), with its focus on the profession; the indispensable Political Data Yearbook (PDY) – a unique repository of interactive data; and Political Research Exchange (PRX), which will move to the Press in January 2028. Between them, our journals showcase the breadth and depth of political science in Europe and beyond.

Building on the success of EPSR and PRX, which are already fully open access, EJPR has now also adopted full open access at Cambridge. EPS and PDY will follow suit and become OA when they move to Cambridge. This ambitious initiative makes ECPR the first major political science association to offer its entire journals portfolio fully open access – a major step forward for the discipline.

This open access partnership unlocks a significant body of cutting-edge political science scholarship for a vast and influential readership. ECPR and Cambridge University Press share progressive, innovative ambitions for the communication and dissemination of academic research. We are confident that our journals portfolio will thrive and develop under this bold new partnership.