Mapping Diamond Open Access Journals: A Nationwide Study of the U.S. Scholarly Publishing Landscape
October 2025 - February 2027
Lyrasis, the Big Ten Academic Alliance’s Center for Library Programs, and the California Digital Library are leading the Mapping U.S. Diamond Open Access Journals project, funded by the Gates Foundation. This study will be the first national mapping of Diamond Open Access (OA) publishing in the United States. Diamond OA journals are peer-reviewed, free for both authors and readers, and operate without commercial profit motives. The project will illuminate the decentralized U.S. Diamond OA landscape, identify key challenges, and produce actionable recommendations to support sustainable, community-governed scholarly publishing.
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Please complete the U.S. Diamond Open Access Landscape Assessment Interest Form to receive updates about the project.
Contacts
- Sharla Lair, sharla.lair@lyrasis.org, Lead Strategist, Open Scholarship, Lyrasis
- Kate McCready, kate.mccready@btaa.org, Program Director for Open Publishing, Big Ten Academic Alliance
- Catherine Mitchell, catherine.mitchell@ucop.edu, Director of Publishing, Archives, and Digitization, California Digital Library
- Emily Goff, emily@goffgroupllc.com, Data Collection and Analysis Lead, Goff Group, LLC
