Diamond OA
Diamond Open Access (Diamond OA) is a community-driven, non-commercial model of scholarly publishing that removes financial barriers for authors and readers. We have gathered information on how to find them.
What is diamond OA?
Diamond OA means full and direct Open Access to both journals and books, with neither subscription fees for readers nor article processing charges (APCs) for authors. These publications are typically research-led and academically owned, with all content undergoing peer review to ensure high quality.
Which publishers publish diamond OA?
Among the publishers that publish diamond are university presses, societies, research centers, but also large publishers such as Springer, Emerald, De Gruyter and Brill. As a Halmstad University employee you can also use Halmstad University's own publisher Halmstad University Press.
Where can Swedish diamond OA journals be found?
Swedish diamond OA journals in English and in Swedish can be found at Publicera, the national platform for Swedish scholarly open access journals managed and developed by The National Library of Sweden (Kungliga biblioteket, KB). They currently have 45 journals.
For more information on the journals publishing conditions, click on a journal title and then on Make a submission or For authors.
Where can international diamond OA journals be found?
International diamond OA journals can be found in Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). To find the diamond journals in DOAJ:
- Search by entering an asterisk (*).
Narrow your search by checking the following:
- Without fees
- Author retains all rights
- You can narrow your search further by selecting, for example, subject, language or publisher.
- For more information on the journal's publishing conditions, click on a journal title.