Confronting the Challenges and Celebrating the Opportunities of Diamond Open Access | Katina Magazine

"In December of 2024, I traveled to Cape Town, South Africa for the Second Global Summit on Diamond Open Access. Building on the foundations laid at the first summit (held in Toluca, Mexico, in October 2023), this event again brought together the global community dedicated to advancing equitable and inclusive scholarly communication. Themed “Centering social justice in scholarly communication to advance research as a public good,” the Cape Town summit emphasized the potential of diamond open access (DOA), where scholarly output is free to read and publish, to address systemic inequities...."