Quality in Diamond Open Access Publishing: guidelines, policies and templates | Zenodo

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Summary:

"This guidelines document is designed to support Diamond Open Access (OA) journal publishers to enhance the quality and credibility of their journals, and to encourage alignment with established best practices in scholarly publishing. It builds upon established frameworks, including the DOAJ’s Basic Criteria, the Best Practices Checklist for Diamond OA Publishers, and the Diamond Open Access Standard (DOAS) developed by the Developing Institutional Open Access Publishing Models To Advance Scholarly Communication (DIAMAS) project, taking into account the specific challenges faced by Diamond OA journals in Africa and aiming to provide practical, adaptable solutions."

Link:

https://zenodo.org/records/17404838

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Tags:

oa.new oa.no-fee oa.journals oa.quality oa.best_practices oa.eifl oa.guidelines oa.policies

Date tagged:

09/27/2026, 13:35

Date published:

09/27/2026, 09:35