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50 Years Leuven University Press – 23 Interesting Facts

2nd September, 2021 in Latest news

1. Established in 1971 by KU Leuven
2. More than 900 monographs, 650 edited volumes, 300 ebooks, 49 series, 63 textbooks and 6 periodicals

3. Output in 1972: 7 books published
4. Output in 2020: 47 books published + 17 journal issues + 15 books on behalf of third parties

5. Total number of Open Access downloads in 2020: 148.285
6. Recognised as Compliant Open Access Publisher since 2015
7. More than 160 free available backlist titles
8. 20 Published titles with support of the KU Leuven Fund for Fair Open Access since 2018
9. Fast-growing Open Access collection in all disciplines

10. 4 Physical warehouses
11. 7 Ebook distribution platforms
12. Authors and editors (at book level) with KU Leuven affiliation in 2020: 35%
13. International authors and editors (at book level) in 2020: 65%
14. Visitors at lup.be in 2020: 36% Belgium, 64% international

15. Most awarded series: J.F. Lyotard Writings on Contemporary Art and Artists
16. Longest selling text book (8th edition since 1977): Economie. Een inleiding – Economy. An Introduction
17. First born Open Access title: Glass Making in the Greco-Roman World (2015)
18. Oldest active book series since the 1970s: Mediaevalia Lovaniensia – Series 1-Studia & Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
19. Heaviest title, De territoriale indeling van België (1795-1963) – The Territorial Division of Belgium (1795-1963), weighs 7,5 kilo
20. Book cover with the most colour varieties (28 versions since 1996): Lessen voor de 21ste eeuw – Lectures for the 21st century

21. Gender balance of the Leuven University Press team since 1971: 99% female
22. 25 Years of uninterrupted presence at the Frankfurt Book Fair
23. Third director