Open Access Publishing

Diamond Scientific Publishing publishes work in a variety of formats in order to provide its readers with diverse perspectives from the international community of peers. Each item is published online, where it remains permanently and accessible to anyone.

Over the last decade, open access academic publishing has made significant advances against the traditional subscription-based models. This is due to the fact that we live in an increasingly inter-connected world, where restricting access to knowledge slows down progress. Through open access, we provide authors with the opportunity to have their work read by a significantly larger audience, meaning it makes a stronger impact on how conversations on matters of local and international importance are framed and facilitated. Readers do not have to pay a fee to access, use, or share any of the work published through one of our publications. Each work is accessible online permanently at no cost. We welcome the diversity of opinions, perspectives, and experiences. We welcome discussions that are intellectually stimulating and challenge our understanding of the world around us. That’s what pushes us into the future and gives us the tools necessary to make evidence-based decisions that impact communities on national and global levels.

Another major difference from the traditional publishing model is that open access allows our authors to retain the copyright of their work. The Creative Commons attribution license grants readers permission to use the author’s work in a variety of ways, provided that rules of attribution are followed.