Federating diamond OA in Europe and beyond: the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH)

This case study presents the context, governance and operations of the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH) launched in January 2025. The EDCH will coordinate diamond open access (OA) capacity centres in Europe and consolidate and align the diamond OA organizations that provide services and tools to...

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Published inInsights the UKSG journal Vol. 38; p. 9
Main Authors Mounier, Pierre, Rooryck, Johan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Ubiquity Press Ltd 20.05.2025
Ubiquity Press
Subjects
Diamond crystals
diamond oa journals
diamond open access
Diamonds
european diamond capacity hub
Open access journals
operas
scholarly publishing
unesco
Europe
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2048-7754
DOI10.1629/uksg.683

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Abstract This case study presents the context, governance and operations of the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH) launched in January 2025. The EDCH will coordinate diamond open access (OA) capacity centres in Europe and consolidate and align the diamond OA organizations that provide services and tools to diamond OA outputs in Europe. In this way, it will provide the backbone for a scholarly communication infrastructure that is owned and operated by the academic community without charges for authors and readers. Keywords: diamond open access, scholarly publishing, diamond OA journals, European Diamond Capacity Hub, OPERAS, UNESCO
AbstractList This case study presents the context, governance and operations of the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH) launched in January 2025. The EDCH will coordinate diamond open access (OA) capacity centres in Europe and consolidate and align the diamond OA organizations that provide services and tools to diamond OA outputs in Europe. In this way, it will provide the backbone for a scholarly communication infrastructure that is owned and operated by the academic community without charges for authors and readers.
This case study presents the context, governance and operations of the European Diamond Capacity Hub (EDCH) launched in January 2025. The EDCH will coordinate diamond open access (OA) capacity centres in Europe and consolidate and align the diamond OA organizations that provide services and tools to diamond OA outputs in Europe. In this way, it will provide the backbone for a scholarly communication infrastructure that is owned and operated by the academic community without charges for authors and readers. Keywords: diamond open access, scholarly publishing, diamond OA journals, European Diamond Capacity Hub, OPERAS, UNESCO
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european diamond capacity hub
Open access journals
operas
scholarly publishing
unesco
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