Online Portfolio

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The Diamond Open Access Expertise Centre has created this online portfolio to complement the Online Portfolio created by NWO and Open Science NL, in collaboration with the Expertise Centre for Open Access Week 2024.

Here you will find various contributions about Diamond Open Access—opinion pieces, articles, and interviews, among others.

We are launching this Online Portfolio with an interview with Dr. Hilde van Wijngaarden, Library Director at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Chair of the Executive Board of the UKB, and and Board Member of SCOSS.

Making the Diamond Dream a Reality

An Interview with Dr. Hilde van Wijngaarden

Dr. Hilde van Wijngaarden is embedded in library institutions in various levels—university, national, European, and global. We explore her invaluable perspective on Diamond OA.

Online Portfolio 2024

Towards a fairer and more equitable scientific publishing landscape

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.

'We scientists will have to force the changes ourselves'

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

No future in science without openness

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

Finding the ideal form of cooperation

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

'Consider us as one of your allies'

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

Changing publishing culture one journal at a time

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

News & Opinions

Assessment reform and publishing reform need to go hand in hand

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

Bezuinigen op wetenschap? Begin met een open access revolutie

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.

SciPost, a case study in open science

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.

Petition for free publication of open access articles

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

Diamonds are a scientist’s best friend

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

UT publishes a Diamond Open Access journal ‘in-house’: what does that require?

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.

Viewpoints on Diamond Open Access

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

Interviews & Presentations

Pledging to sustainable open access in the field of cognitive sciences

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.

Glossa: how a journal took matters into their own hands to make research available.

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

'There is no other model to pursue, except for diamond open access'

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.

Interview with Benjamin Mullins, editor of the Erasmus Journal of Philosophy and Economics

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

What researchers (at RUG) say about diamond open access

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

Towards Diamond Open Access and an open research culture

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

How to deploy an Open Access Journal

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