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Dear all, We are pleased to announce the completion of a study on open access diamond journals: namely free to readers and authors. It is the first study of its kind. It was commissioned by cOAlition S<https://www.coalition-s.org/exploring-collaborative-non-commercial-publishing-models-for-open-access/> and funded by Science Europe<https://www.scienceeurope.org/> in order to gain a better understanding of the OA diamond landscape. It is the culmination of work undertaken from June 2020 to February 2021 by a consortium of 10 organisations: OPERAS<http://operas-eu.org/>, SPARC Europe<https://sparceurope.org/>, Utrecht University<https://www.uu.nl/en>, DOAJ<https://doaj.org/>, UiT The Arctic University of Norway<https://en.uit.no/startsida>, LIBER<https://libereurope.eu/>, OASPA<https://oaspa.org/>, ENRESSH<https://enressh.eu/>, Redalyc-AmeliCA<http://amelica.org/>, and CSI<http://www.csi.mines-paristech.fr/en/>. The in-depth report shines light on a community-driven open access publishing model. The OA diamond model promotes both inclusivity and bibliodiversity as it serves a wide range of disciplines, languages, countries and communities. It makes open access publishing truly accessible to all since it removes some of the financial hurdles that researchers struggle with. For all the characteristics mentioned above, sustaining the OA diamond is of crucial importance. The findings and recommendations point to clearly defined areas where research funding organisations, institutions, scholarly societies and infrastructures can help OA diamond thrive in the future. We focus on areas to strengthen and sustain OA diamond journals and the ecosystem in which OA diamond journals operate and aim to assist these journals in complying with Plan S. Key findings of the report: 1. A vast archipelago (estimated at 29,000) of relatively small journals exists and serves a wide range of communities 2. OA diamond journals are on the road to full compliance with Plan S 3. Scientific strengths and operational challenges exist in a mix of areas from legal structures to technical capabilities to editorial processes or funding models 4. OA diamond journals largely depend on volunteers, universities and government to operate Key recommendations: 1. Streamline technical support 2. Ensure compliance with Plan S 3. Build capacity 4. Increase effectiveness 5. Sustain and invest in the future Kick-start actions: 1. Prepare an International Workshop and Symposium on OA diamond within 6 months to initiate a global conversation among different stakeholders 2. Set up an OA diamond Funding Strategy within 1 year to implement funding recommendations 3. Build the OA diamond Capacity Center within 2 years to support the implementation of recommendations We invite you to read the report <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4558704> and separately published set of recommendations<https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4562790> and to look at the additional materials that we have shared with the community for further research and reuse: the study dataset<https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4553103>, the references library<https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4562816>, and the crowdsourced Journals Inventory<https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4562828>. You can also download a 2-page summary of the report’s main takeaways here<https://sparceurope.org/download/9434/>. The study group looks forward to facilitating a discussion with the OA diamond community and its stakeholders in the coming weeks about our proposed approach. Please check this web page https://www.operas-eu.org/the-oa-diamond-journals-study for updates on upcoming events. Would love to see discussion around our findings and recommendations here on GOAL. 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