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Dear colleagues Please help us gain a deeper understanding of the landscape of journals and platforms publishing Diamond OA — the publishing model where research is both free for authors to publish and free for readers to access. This work will provide insights that will help cOAlition S and other stakeholders develop effective policies and funding mechanisms that more strategically support this sector. Your help is essential as we work to gather information from and about journals and publishing platforms that follow the Diamond model. There are three ways you can help with this survey, which is part of the Diamond Open Access Study commissioned by cOAlition S. • If you belong to the scientific or editorial team of a journal based on the Diamond model, we’d very much appreciate your considering completing this survey. (in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese) NOTE: The survey will be open until the 25th of August 2020 • If you know of a Diamond OA journal or platform that is not included in major databases, like DOAJ, please add their information to this spreadsheet or simply pass this appropriate survey link on to them, the English one being (see above for other languages): https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GZQDBT5 • We invite you to disseminate this message to your community to increase our outreach to as many quality journals as possible. A message is available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese. The landscape of open access journals and platforms that does not charge authors to publish is broad and diverse. These journals and platforms serve specific research areas in different languages, and are attuned to local or regional needs specific to various publishing cultures. This rich variety makes it hard for diamond journals to be viewed as a publishing sector with common strengths, goals, and challenges. As a result, diamond journals’ specific impact on the scholarly community is often underestimated. This survey aims to draw a more complete picture of the diamond journal offering to identify concrete ways to rally, coordinate, and support this sector in the future. SPARC Europe is among a consortium of organisations awarded this cOAlition S / Science Europe project to explore Diamond Open Access publishing models worldwide. The Consortium is co-ordinated by OPERAS, the infrastructure for open scholarly communication for SSH in Europe. Its partners in this study are: SPARC Europe, Utrecht University, DOAJ, UiT The Arctic University of Norway; LIBER, OASPA, ENRESSH, Redalyc-AmeliCA and CSI . The study is commissioned by cOAlition S, a group of national research funders, European and international organisations, and charitable foundations who are committed to making full and immediate Open Access to research publications a reality. If you have any questions about the survey or spreadsheet, please contact: ope...@operas-eu.org Best regards, Vanessa *************** Vanessa Proudman Director, SPARC Europe https://www.sparceurope.org
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