In the spotlight

“Routledge might still sound prestigious and important in the Humanities field but in reality makes big profits on our free labour.”

“Commercial publishers realise the highest profit margins, using scientists' free labour, and are funded by public money. This turned me against commercial publishers and for open access a long time ago”.

“When you start looking around, you see just how much needs to be done, but also you see how much power we can take back together as the academic community.”

“It didn’t seem fair to me that just because I was now at a richer university, my life was much easier than that of my Romanian colleagues.”

“I teach at one of the most prestigious university programmes in geosciences in Europe, and yet I cannot afford to use up-to-date research in my teaching materials”.

Jeroen Sondervan, programme leader Open Scholarly Communication at Open Science NL/Dutch Research Council (NWO), gives an overview of the current developments and challenges in Diamond Open Access.

Sible Andringa of Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics  considers diamond open access the key to more equality and higher quality in science.

Sarahanne Field from Journal of Trial and Error gives a personal and practical endorsement.

Just de Leeuwe from New University Presses wants to change the publication culture at the Dutch universities.

Jan Willem Wijnen of openjournals.nl on how a national platform can facilitate diamond open access in the Netherlands.

Maria Constantin shows with SciPost how a scientific journal can evolve into an information platform.

Ludo Waltman (Leiden University) argues that the assessment and publishing reform movements will be successful only if they manage to align their agendas.

Wim Pouw (Radboud University) and Bert Bakker (University of Amsterdam) argue that the Netherlands should take the lead to start an open access revolution, especially in times of budget cuts to higher education and research.

This article describes the origins, growth, and challenges faced by SciPost, the non-profit, fee-free alternative to traditional academic publishing launched by Jean-Sébastien Caux in 2016.

A news item announcing the FreeOurKnowledge petition, initiated by scholars from Maastricht University among others.

A recap of the symposium 'Diamonds are a scientist's best friend' at Tilburg University. 

In this article, Peter-Paul Verbeek and Michelle de Boer (University of Twente) explain why they have chosen to start a diamond open access journal. 

The "Viewpoints" section of Volume 13 of the Dutch Journal of Applied Linguistics contains various articles written about Diamond Open Access.

Jos C. M. Baeten, explains why access to scientific knowledge did not become easier and more affordable despite the digital revolution.

In this interview, Mihalea Cimpian (Radboud University) discusses the Collective Action In Science Diamond initiative and the pledge taken by researchers in cognitive sciences to publish an article in a Diamond OA journal. 

In this interview, Johan Rooryck (editor-in-chief of Glossa and director of cOAlition S) describes his experiences with open access publishing.

In this interview, Maura Burke (editor-in-chief of Journal of Trial and Error) talks about the importance of failure in research and why she thinks that Diamond Open Access is the only real mode of open access.

In this interview, Benjamin Mullins (editor at the Erasmus Journal of Philosophy and Economics) discusses what running a Diamond Open Access journal entails.

Five researchers at the University of Groningen share their thoughts on Diamond Open Access initiatives that they support or work with.

Johan Rooryck presents developments in Diamond Open Access and the DIAMAS project. 

This interview with two scholars at Tilburg University describes what it takes to deploy an open access journal.