Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A learned society publishes a fully diamond OA journal funded by its membership.
- Is an instance
A university library underwrites a diamond OA platform serving regional humanities scholarship.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
Labelling a journal 'diamond' while charging authors a submission fee.
- Not an instance
A diamond OA initiative that depends entirely on volunteer labour with no sustainable funding.
Editorial commentary
Diamond OA (also called platinum OA) journals charge neither subscription fees nor article-processing charges. They are usually run by academic communities, learned societies, university presses or library publishing services. The 2021 OA Diamond Journals Study (Bosman, Frantsvåg, Kramer, Langlais, Proudman) identified roughly 29,000 such journals worldwide, predominantly in the humanities, social sciences and Global South publishing ecosystems (notably AmeliCA, Latindex, Redalyc, SciELO). Diamond OA aligns most directly with knowledge-equity goals because it removes both reader and author paywalls.
References
- Bosman J et al. 'The OA Diamond Journals Study', Science Europe / cOAlition S, 2021. Action Plan for Diamond access" class="text-primary underline-offset-2 hover:underline" data-autolinked="true" title="Open access — CASRAI Dictionary">Open Access (2022).
Also known as
Diamond OA · Platinum open access
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
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