Diamond Open Access refers to open-access models in which no reading or publication fees (“article processing charges” or “book processing charges”) are incurred, as a rule.
Business models can vary greatly. For instance, commercial publishers refer to journals with operating costs and profit margins covered by professional societies as “diamond.”
How does the University Library support Diamond Open Access?
The University Library supports Diamond Open Access initiatives such as
How can I find Diamond journals where I can publish for free?
Open Access journals with no publication fees:
- Diamond Discovery Hub
- Directory of Open Access Journals, through the filter “Without any fees”
- Free Journal Network
- The Bielefeld University Library has compiled a list of German Diamond Open Access journals
- Electronic Journals Library
What resources are available for creating Diamond Journals or books?
The ideal Diamond Open Access model is a non-commercial, non-profit, public benefit initiative guided by the needs of the academic community. You can achieve this by leveraging existing academic infrastructure and open-source software:
- Preprint platforms such as arXiv, medRxiv, or bioRxiv, to operate so-called overlay journals that build on the infrastructure and content of these platforms
- Open Journal Systems (OJS) or Open Monograph Press (OMP) from the Public Knowledge Project (PKP)
- OJS hosting services offered by selected “Discipline-Specific Information Services” [GERMAN] (FIDs), such as FID Linguistics, FID Classical Studies, FID Philosophy [GERMAN]
- Kotahi oder ketty by Coko
- Janeway
- Publisso
- Lodel
- Repository software for the long-term archiving of publications, such as DSpace, EPrints, Invenio, or OPUS: Free and open-source repository software
- the Open Source Academic Publishing Suite developed by FAU
- Open Access Publication Workflow [GERMAN] for Academic Books
Who is already implementing the FAU Diamond Open Access model?
As part of FAU’s Open Science Policy , special recognition and appreciation are given to FAU publishers who have committed to this model:
- the editors of the FAU University Press series
- the editors of series [GERMAN], published on OPEN FAU, such as the EZIRE Working Papers of the FAU Research Center for Islam and Law in Europe (FAU EZIRE), edited by Dr. Stephanie Müssig and Dr. Jörn Thielmann, or the Erlanger Beiträge zur Medienwirtschaft, edited by Prof. Dr. Svenja Hagenhoff
- Prof. Dr. Stefan Milius, Chair of Computer Science 8 (Theoretical Computer Science), as Editor-in-Chief of Logical Methods in Computer Science
Contact
If you are an FAU member and would like your open-access journal, series, or book project listed here, please contact us:
Open Access Unit
- Phone number: +49913185-24797
- Email: ub-open-access@fau.de