In the Dark

I came across an interesting document concerning Diamond Open Access journals and thought I’d share it here. These are journals of the good sort that charge neither authors nor readers. In particular they do not charge exorbitant Article Processing Charges, like Open Access journals of the bad sort do. The Open Journal of Astrophysics is a “diamond journal“.

The document describes an initiative (“Action Plan”) that aims for a scholarly publishing infrastructure that is equitable, community-driven, academic-led and -owned. This will enable the global research community to take charge of a scholarly communication system by and for research communities. It therefore welcomes all researchers, organisations, disciplines, and journals who share its vision and ethos to endorse it.

You can download the document as a PDF file here.

You might also want to endorse the plan, or persuade your organization/university/research lab to do so. You can do that here.

Endorsing the Action Plan does not entail any financial commitment, but makes you part of the Diamond Open Access community and engages you in the creation of conditions that will strengthen the sector. An overview of endorsing persons and organisations will be publicly available.

Perusing the list of endorsing institutes, I see Cardiff University is in there, but sadly not Maynooth (yet…)

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