CNRS Éditions is the publishing house of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France's national research organization and one of the largest fundamental-science institutions in Europe. Unlike the big commercial journal publishers, CNRS Éditions is book-primary: its core output is scholarly monographs, edited volumes, essays, and reference works, complemented by a small but respected portfolio of peer-reviewed journals. It releases close to 150 new titles a year across books and scholarly journals from its offices in Paris.

The house has operated under the CNRS Éditions name since the early 1990s, consolidating the CNRS's earlier imprints, Éditions du CNRS and Presses du CNRS. Today it is organized as a subsidiary company of the CNRS, with a mission to disseminate the work of researchers from French and European laboratories and to promote science to both academic and general audiences. Most of its list is in French, though several journals publish in English and other languages.

• Scholarly books - the majority of the roughly 150 annual titles: monographs, collective volumes, thematic dictionaries, and essays across the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences (history, sociology, anthropology, literature, philosophy, geography, art, communication, physics, biology, mathematics, neuroscience, astrophysics, archaeology, political science).
• Scholarly journals - a compact portfolio including Gallia, Gallia Préhistoire, Hermès, Paléorient, Anatoli, and Revue germanique internationale, plus journal supplements and series such as Suppléments à Gallia.
• General-audience science - accessible collections and the CNRS's Carnets de science magazine, which showcase research for non-specialist readers.

CNRS Éditions operates within France's national open-science ecosystem rather than an APC-driven model:

• No standard APC. Author-facing article-processing charges are not the norm at CNRS Éditions journals; publishing costs are largely covered institutionally. Always confirm on the individual journal's page, as arrangements vary by title.
• Gold and delayed OA via OpenEdition. Several CNRS Éditions journals are distributed on OpenEdition Journals, some immediately open and others after an embargo period. Back archives of the archaeology journals are freely available on Persée.
• Green OA. French law (the 2016 Loi pour une République numérique) gives publicly funded authors the right to self-archive accepted manuscripts, and CNRS policy encourages deposit in the national HAL repository.
• Paid editions. Print books and journal issues are sold through bookshops and online; digital journal access is also available through platforms such as Cairn for some titles. OA titles typically carry a CC BY license.

Because it is not an APC publisher, transformative (read-and-publish) agreements are not the relevant mechanism here - there is generally nothing for such a deal to cover.

Book manuscripts and proposals are evaluated by the house's editorial teams and scientific advisors, typically with expert review by researchers in the relevant field - the standard practice for research-council presses. Each journal runs its own peer-review process under its editorial board; Hermès, Gallia, and Paléorient all use expert evaluation of submissions. Review model and turnaround vary by title, so consult the individual journal's instructions to authors.

1. Books: prepare a proposal (subject, outline, sample material, audience) and send it to the CNRS Éditions editorial department via the contact details on cnrseditions.fr. Proposals aligned with CNRS research strengths - especially HSS - fit the list best.
2. Journal articles: submissions go to each journal's own editorial team, not a central portal. Check the journal's page (on cnrseditions.fr or OpenEdition) for its call for papers, scope, and submission email or platform.
3. Formatting: French bibliographic conventions dominate; Chicago-style citations are common in the international titles. SciSpace hosts formatting templates for CNRS Éditions venues.
4. Language: French is the default for most venues, but journals such as Paléorient and Hermès accept or publish English-language contributions - verify per title.

As the publishing arm of a public research institution, CNRS Éditions operates under the CNRS's research-integrity framework and French national guidelines on scientific integrity. Its journals follow standard scholarly-ethics practice on authorship, plagiarism, and corrections consistent with COPE guidance. The CNRS also runs a dedicated research-integrity office (Mission à l'intégrité scientifique) whose policies apply to CNRS-affiliated authors.