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New Prairie Press

Open-access scholarly publisher founded by Kansas State University Libraries in 2007.

Last updated September 16, 2026

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Overview

New Prairie Press is an open-access scholarly publisher founded by Kansas State University Libraries in 2007. It publishes works across all disciplines, including scholarly journals, conference proceedings, faculty- and staff-authored scholarly monographs, open-access textbooks, and other special publications. Its publications are freely available to read and download, and most works are released under a Creative Commons license.

History

New Prairie Press was founded by Kansas State University Libraries in 2007, joining a growing number of libraries involved with open-access scholarly publishing. As an open-access publisher, all its publications are freely available to read and download, and most works are released under a Creative Commons license. Publications from all disciplines — written, edited or sponsored by scholars affiliated with Kansas State University — are welcome. In addition to scholarly journals, the Press publishes conference proceedings, faculty- and staff-authored scholarly monographs, open-access textbooks, and other special publications. It provides publishing services for active and ceased scholarly and academic publications, and uses platforms including Janeway for journal management and publishing, Fulcrum for monograph and textbook publishing, Pressbooks as a content authoring tool, and LibreTexts as its open textbook repository.

Products and positioning

Open-access publisher of all disciplines whose publications are freely available to read and download.

  • Journal of Financial Therapy

    Primarily publishes clinical, experimental, and survey research that examines the empirical link between personal financial knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors and personal and family well-being.

  • Journal of Applied Communications

    A quarterly, refereed journal published by the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE).

  • Archives & Primary Sources Handbook

    An open access, peer-reviewed textbook for those who want to learn more about handling and using archival and primary source materials, as well as a handbook for those who are teaching others.

  • Becoming Trauma Responsive

    A documentary and subsequent eBook companion developed to serve as a practical guide and a small dose of professional development on applying neuroscience and a trauma-responsive lens with practical ideas for implementation.

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