Diamond Journal Publishing – Gems from Australia – DOAJ Blog

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Summary:

"Early in 2024, the sparkling new Australian Scholarly Communications Community of Practice Diamond Journal Publishing subgroup was launched – and it could not have come sooner....

In the last decade there has been increased interest in the value of this publishing model with a number of new diamond OA initiatives, principally in Europe (including CRAFT-OA projects, Plan for Diamond Open Access). In 2020 the most significant survey of international diamond OA journals was conducted by Science Europe and cOAlition S with a final report released in 2021 and an action plan released in 2022. 2023 saw the inaugural Global Summit on Diamond OA bringing together 700 international delegates who presented a set of pledges for furthering diamond OA. And this year DIAMAS soft-launched the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH) aimed at coordinating and aligning the activities of Diamond OA in Europe.

But to-date, there are no specific activities or initiatives that comprehensively address Diamond OA in Australia. A snapshot of open access practice in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (from universities, health, government and non-profit research institutions) was captured in a 2022 Open Access Australasia report (Catterall & Barbour). The report indicated that 31 of the 56 universities published easily discoverable open journals. While all these journals may not necessarily fall under the Diamond model, it seemed timely to bring together those practitioners working with Diamond journals, or those exploring the value of publishing in this mode...."

Link:

https://blog.doaj.org/2024/12/12/diamond-journal-publishing-gems-from-australia/

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Date tagged:

12/12/2024, 10:01

Date published:

12/12/2024, 05:01