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Scaling the future of Diamond Open Access
Posted by Ian Caswell on 2026-03-17
Collaboration, shared infrastructure and collective investment can unlock a global diamond ecosystem. From idea to infrastructure Diamond open access (OA) is no longer a marginal experiment. Over the past decade, it has moved from principle to practice, from isolated initiatives to coordinated efforts across institutions and regions. The conversation about it has also shifted and the question [...]
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Diamond OA and the future of community‑owned scholarship
Posted by Ian Caswell on 2026-03-03
Beyond budgets and business models, diamond open access restores core scholarly values: openness, equity and trust. Why this matters to authors and editors When editors explain why they choose a diamond open access publisher, their reasons almost never begin with cost. They talk about fairness. They talk about reach. They talk about wanting authors’ work to circulate freely, without barriers or [...]
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Why Diamond Open Access is emerging as the future of scholarly publishing
Posted by Ian Caswell on 2026-02-13
As conversations about equity and sustainability reshape open access, the diamond model offers a path truer to academic values. More than two decades of Open Access It has been over twenty years since the Budapest Open Access Initiative set out a vision of freely available scholarly research. In that time, open access (OA) has grown from a bold idea into an expectation across much of the [...]
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Reimagining access: the future of Diamond open access publishing
Posted by Ian Caswell on 2026-02-09
Open access has become a defining feature of contemporary scholarly publishing. What began as a principled call to remove barriers to knowledge is now embedded in funder mandates, institutional strategies and global research policy. Yet as open access has scaled, so too have its tensions. For many researchers and institutions, questions of equity, sustainability and affordability remain [...]
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Research that made an impact: highly cited articles in 2025
Posted by Ian Caswell on 2026-01-28
We’re pleased to share a curated collection of research published across the UCL Press Journals portfolio that was of special interest to our communities in 2025. As a mission-driven, not-for-profit university press, UCL Press journals are committed to open research and scholarly excellence. This collection showcases articles that were highly cited in 2025, reflecting the reach, relevance and [...]
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