📣 Single-Source Publishing Community Kick-Off
A new EDCH Forum community brings together editorial teams & developers to collaborate on single-source publishing workflows and best practices.
🔷Join the kickoff on 22 April: bit.ly/4tmj3pB
🔷Join the community: bit.ly/4czDd8G
📢 Tool spotlight: @openbookcollective.bsky.social Toolkit
A practical resource for small & scholar-led #OpenAccess publishers, bringing together guidance, reports & case studies to support publishing workflows.
🔷Read more: bit.ly/4tSZvJh
🔷Join the EDCH Forum: forum.diamas.org
@copim.bsky.social
Why join the Registry?
“We joined to increase the visibility and recognition of ULAKBİM and TÜBİTAK Academic Journals within the #DiamondOA ecosystem and connect with communities advancing #ScholarlyPublishing.”
➡️ Spot TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM: bit.ly/4dJdQmZ
💎 Showcase your organization: registry.edch.eu
Why is #DiamondOA important?
“Diamond Open Access is vital to ULAKBİM’s mission because it enables the broad and equitable circulation of knowledge without financial barriers for authors or readers.”
📣 EDCH Registry Spotlight!
We’re delighted to feature TÜBİTAK ULAKBİM as a member of the Registry!
Delivering research and information services to the academic community, it has a strong focus on #ScholarlyCommunication, and supports TÜBİTAK Academic Journals in #OpenAccess.
Why join the Registry?
“Among the numerous Polish scholarly journals featured in the Library, hundreds follow the #DiamondOA model, and more are expected to adopt it in the future”
➡️ Spot the ICM in the Registry: bit.ly/4dwGIie
💎 Showcase your organization: registry.edch.eu
Why is #DiamondOA important?
“Experience gained from running the Library of Science and complementary repository services provides us with deep insight into the Polish scholarly ecosystem, including the #DiamondOA sector, witnessing a significant increase in the number of #DiamondOA journals”
📣 EDCH Registry Spotlight!
We’re delighted to feature ICM (Interdisciplinary Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling) as a member of the Registry!
ICM is a leading force in advancing #OpenScience in Poland, developing cutting-edge digital infrastructure for #ScholarlyCommunication.
💎 The Slovenian Diamond Capacity Centre (SIDOD) has officially launched!
SIDOD will support #DiamondOA journals in Slovenia, promote sustainable community-led publishing, and strengthen collaboration with European initiatives.
🔗Learn more about the EDCH NCCs: bit.ly/4syLL6l
📢 The programme for the #OPERAS2026 & SCIROS conference is now available!
The EDCH team will be there, exploring how #DiamondOA can be strengthened through coordinated European and national efforts.
➡️Full programme: bit.ly/4cn95OG
🔗 Secure your spot (registration is free!): bit.ly/3PPQli7
🌐 Visualisations of French journals indexed in DOAJ
As a continuation of the Mir@bel2022 project, Mir@bel offers a visualisation page that allows tracking the indexing of French open access journals in #DOAJ
🔗 Details (in French) www.ouvrirlascience.fr/suivi-du-ref...
🗞️Alerte publication : Coup de projecteur sur le Diamond Discovery Hub (DDH) !
Découvrez notre dernier billet de blog publié cette semaine sur le site @ouvrirlascience.bsky.social. Cet article explore comment le DDH renforce l'écosystème de l'accès ouvert Diamant!
💎Lire l'article: bit.ly/4m6HioV
🗞️ New blog post: Diamond Discovery Hub (DDH)
Published this week on @ouvrirlascience.bsky.social, the piece explores how the DDH strengthens the #DiamondOA ecosystem through a centralised directory of trusted journals.
💎 Read the news article (in French): bit.ly/4m6HioV
📢 Community input needed
Help map policies and funding programmes supporting #DiamondOA.
@almasiproject.bsky.social is building a database of policies supporting #DiamondOA across Africa, Europe, and Latin America.
🔷Learn how to contribute: bit.ly/4v4VrqK
🔷Join the EDCH Forum: forum.diamas.org
Why join the Registry?
“Connecting with colleagues across Europe and together figuring out how we can switch to a more #equitable model for #OpenPublishing is an important part of turning SUP into a fully #DiamondOA publisher”
➡️ Spot them in the Registry: bit.ly/4s41KZ5
💎 Register: registry.edch.eu
🔷Why is Diamond Open Access important?
“Funding for individual publishing projects is scarce and restricted. We believe it is important for researchers to have the freedom to choose the publishing option with the greatest potential and quality, regardless of financial constraints."
📣 EDCH Registry Spotlight!
We’re delighted to feature the @stockholmunipress.bsky.social as a member of the Registry.
Stockholm University Press is an #OpenAccess publisher of peer-reviewed academic journals and books focusing on rigorous #PeerReview and global dissemination.
🚀 Exciting news for #DiamondOA in Ukraine!
We are thrilled to welcome the Ukrainian Diamond Open Access Capacity Centre (UDOACC) to the EDCH National Capacity Centres network, supporting community-led, non-profit scholarly publishing in #Ukraine.
🔗Learn more about the EDCH NCCs: bit.ly/4syLL6l
💎 Introducing AEGIS-OA: A New Shield for #DiamondOA in Europe
AEGIS-OA, a new Horizon Europe project, brings together 24 partners from 16 countries to strengthen a sustainable, high-quality #DiamondOA publishing ecosystem.
➡️Read more: edch.eu/new-shield-d...
#OpenAccess #OpenScience
Why join the EDCH Registry?
“To give visibility to our #DiamondOA journals and be part of a community working towards a more equitable publishing ecosystem.”
➡️ Spot the Beilstein-Institut in the Registry: bit.ly/4bupsbW
💎 Showcase your organization: registry.edch.eu
Why is Diamond Open Access important?
“Supporting Diamond OA offers researchers in chemistry an alternative to commercial #publishing, enabling high-quality, scholar-led research without financial barriers.”
📣 EDCH Registry Spotlight!
We’re delighted to feature the @beilstein-institut.bsky.social, a member of the Registry, supporting the advancement of the chemical sciences through #DiamondOA journals, data standardisation, and open infrastructure projects and scientific events.
💰 The Price of “Free” in Open Access
How well do we actually understand the real costs behind #DiamondOA?
A discussion on the EDCH Forum highlights a new research initiative, exploring hidden costs in OA publishing in Poland.
🔷Join the discussion: bit.ly/4lDkZHm
🔷Join the Forum: forum.edch.eu
Why join the EDCH Registry?
“We wanted our services represented within a trusted European framework that enhances the visibility, recognition and interoperability of #DiamondOA initiatives.”
➡️ Spot FECYT in the Registry: bit.ly/4bpmPa6
💎 Showcase your organisation: registry.edch.eu
Why is #DiamondOA important?
“ #DiamondOA reinforces equitable, community-owned #publishingmodels that align with FECYT’s mission to strengthen #openscience infrastructures and support high-quality, fee-free scholarly communication.”
FECYT promotes scientific culture, supports #OpenScience, and strengthens Spain’s national R&D system through digital infrastructures, evaluation of #scientificpublications, and international collaboration.
📣 EDCH Registry Spotlight!
We’re delighted to feature FECYT, the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology and a member of the #EDCH Registry.
🔔 A quick reminder
We have recently moved to a new home → edch.eu.
We encourage our community to update any API calls and bookmarks to the new #EDCH URLs to ensure seamless access to all EDCH materials and resources!
🔗 Overview & Access links: bit.ly/47vZeTX
#DiamondOA
🔎 Keeping track of research & publishing tools
New research and #PublishingTools appear all the time, making it hard to keep track. A recent EDCH Forum discussion highlights catalogues that help map the landscape.
🔷 Join the discussion and help build a shared list of resources: bit.ly/3P19Cg9
📍 Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (EDIB) are key to a fair and representative #ScholarlyPublishing ecosystem.
Our #EDIB Getting Started Guide supports the development of meaningful EDIB strategies with practical steps and examples.
➡️ Explore the guide: bit.ly/3OPsmzg
#DiamondOA