The guidelines offer detailed instructions and practical guidance to assist Diamond OA Publishers in meeting current standards, outlined as the seven core components of the Diamond Open Access Standard (DOAS).
The guidelines have been translated into Croatian, Spanish and Portuguese, and are also available on Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13786094
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These guidelines describe measures to ensure that all research protocols, methods, and software are publicly available, accessible, and reproducible.
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These guidelines outline the details of policies and procedures that should be displayed on a Publisher’s website.
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These guidelines help IPSPs understand their technical needs and factors to be considered when choosing an online publication platform.
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These guidelines present basic concepts related to copyright as well as best practices in defining and displaying copyright policies for editors and publishers.
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These guidelines facilitate the implementation of Diamond OA policies in academic publishing, emphasising the importance of accessibility, quality, and transparency.
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These guidelines explain how IPSPs should handle personal information and comply with relevant regulations.
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These guidelines describe a framework for IPSPs to integrate gender equity into their activities.
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These guidelines outline a publisher-level policy regarding the publication of negative or unexpected scientific results and data.
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These guidelines outline how to establish clear processes, policies, and structures to implement community-led governance in publishing services, ensuring regulated operations and decision-making
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These guidelines help IPSPs meet requirements regarding visibility and discoverability, and introduce communication and marketing strategies.
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These guidelines help IPSPs implement requirements and recommendations regarding metadata and full-text formats.
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These guidelines provide some practical suggestions to help IPSPs integrate multilingualism into their activities.
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These guidelines identify good practices with regard to the publication of preprints that are already available on preprint servers and/or open repositories.
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These guidelines help IPSPs implement a research data sharing policy, recognising the essential role of underlying research data in supporting conclusions and reproducibility.
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These guidelines provide an overview of the diverse funding mechanisms for Diamond OA, and a framework to ensure transparency.
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These guidelines describe the essential elements of a self-archiving policy.
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These guidelines facilitate the implementation of comprehensive, accurate, and reliable usage and metric indicators.
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Guidelines for using open licences and distributing scholarly works.
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