Open Access Community Investment Program
The Lyrasis Open Access Community Investment Program (OACIP) provides a community-driven framework that enables multiple stakeholders — including academic and public libraries, academic departments, institutions, research centers, museums and funding agencies — to evaluate and collectively fund Diamond Open Access (OA) journals.
How to Invest in OACIP Journals
The investment window for the 2025-2026 OACIP cohort of nine diamond open access journals is open through July 31, 2026. We seek three-year funding commitments to these journals, and we encourage interested organizations to follow the three-step process outlined below.
Step 1:
Evaluate the OACIP Journals
To learn more about the journals in this year’s cohort and read their responses to the OACIP Criteria Form, visit the journal webpages linked below or explore the 2025-2026 Lyrasis OACIP Catalog.
- Biogeography – a scholar-led, diamond open access journal transforming how biogeographical research is shared, fostering equity, inclusion and innovation.
- Combinatorial Theory – a renewing, community-owned, barrier-free journal shaping the field of combinatorics through equitable, high-quality and sustainable publishing.
- Environmental Humanities – a renewing, diamond open access journal bridging humanities and sciences to advance global conversations on climate, culture and sustainability.
- Latinx Talk – a community-governed, diamond open access journal amplifying voices and innovative scholarship in Latinx Studies through multimedia and bilingual publication.
- Limn – a scholar-led, experimental platform merging anthropology, art and public-facing scholarship to explore collaborative inquiry and innovative modes of publishing.
- Open Mind: Discoveries in Cognitive Science – pioneering sustainable, no-fee open access publishing for innovative research across psychology, neuroscience, linguistics and decision sciences.
- Precision Nanomedicine – advancing ethical, globally accessible and rigorously reviewed research in nanomedicine through a diamond open access model.
- Semantics and Pragmatics – a society-led, diamond open access journal fostering high-quality, inclusive research in linguistics, philosophy and psycholinguistics.
- Weave: Journal of Library User Experience – supporting equitable, open scholarship and community engagement in library UX research and practice.
Step 2:
Consider Your Organization’s Capacity for Support
There are several ways you can support OACIP:
- Support Specific OACIP Journals
- Support one or many individual OACIP Journals; or
- Support all nine (9) 2025-2026 OACIP Journals through the OACIP All 2025-2026 Journals Bundle
- Contribute to the OACIP General Fund
- Contributions to the OACIP General Fund are not dedicated to any one journal. Instead, these contributions are distributed at the end of the campaign to fill any funding gaps.
- For an overview of our recommended support levels, please consult the documents below:
Step 3:
Complete the OACIP Supporter Information Form
Once you are ready to commit support, complete the 2025-2026 OACIP Supporter Information Form and an OACIP Administrator will be in touch to confirm and finalize your order.
The investment window is open now through July 31, 2026.
Administrator will be in touch to confirm and finalize your order.
Questions?
We welcome questions and feedback from prospective supporters! Please reach out to us at oacip@lyrasis.org.