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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New low-stake commitment to invest in open scholarly publication. Review once per year for a Diamond Journal: Sign up here: forrt.org/diamond-revi... Now also cross-posted on: freeourknowledge.org

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Diamond Reviewer Pledge

Signatories of the Diamond Reviewer Pledge commit to reviewing at least one article in the next 12 months for a diamond open access journal.

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Laurens Kemp: Still receiving signatures. One diamond open access article in five years, only if 500 signed! This is NOTHING, many great journals out there already as we have seen during the conference freeourknowledge.org/2024-01-30-c... #horizondiamond2026

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Collective Action In Science Diamond

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wimpouw @wimpouw.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The keynote recordings of our conference on reform in scholarly publishing www.horizondiamond.nl are online and posted on the website. First up, Mark Hanson who kicked off the event in a fabulous way @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy tilburguniversity.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...

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Mark A. Hanson - Problematization Open Access

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wimpouw @wimpouw.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

check out conduit conduit.psiphon.ca/en/ "[it] helps people in censored countries access unrestricted information by connecting to devices that serve as proxy nodes to the Psiphon Network. It empowers individuals worldwide to support users in regions that need secure, uncensored internet access."

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Conduit - Join the internet freedom movement.

By running a Conduit Station, you immediately help people in censored countries access the free and open internet around the world.

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wimpouw @wimpouw.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Thats a wrap! Our conference in reform in scholarly publishing is done #horizondiamond2026 horizondiamond.nl Recorded keynotes will be posted soon. Thanks to all involved!

Photo of conference organizers, with behind banners of radboud university press, diamond open access expertise center, freeourknowledge.org

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

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Collective Action In Science Diamond

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Our current chair at free our knowledge Laurens Kemp telling the story of founder @coopersmout.bsky.social and how we are carrying on the torch! #horizondiamond2026

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Maria Constantin - Check out the Diamond Open Access Expertise Center's guide "How to flip your journal" research-portal.uu.nl/ws/portalfil...

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Prof. Mirjam Ernestus (Radboud University press) about how to flip a journal to Diamond Open Access. The story of Lingua (Elsevier) to Glossa www.glossa-journal.org

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

diamas.org provides a quality assessment tool for diamond open access journals to drive professionalization in scholar-led non-profit publishing. diamas.fecyt.es

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SELF-ASSESSMENT TOOL

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Graham Stone on the European Diamond Capacity hub at #horizondiamond2026 national meeting on reform in scholarly publishing. *THE* European network we need for coordinated reform. diamas.org

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Really lovely, energetic and funny talk by Prof. Gibson @openmindjournal.bsky.social "The value that copy editing from the journals provide? Well they change the thats to whiches, and they mess up the math. A lot of correction is needed AFTER copy-editing. "

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wimpouw @wimpouw.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

@openmindjournal.bsky.social Ted Gibson from MIT discussing the successful case of Diamond Open Access Journal OpenMind in the field of cognitive science. Starting to outcompete paywalled and APC-based journals like cognition (Elsevier) and cognitive science (Wiley). #horizondiamond2026

Starting slide of Prof Gibson on OpenMind the diamond access journal

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Jan-Willem Wijnen introducing @openjournalsnl.bsky.social "openjournals.nl provides a platform that manages the editorial process, sets them up with a website, and the publication of articles (indexed, archived, findable). All Diamond Open Access." #horizondiamond2026

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Home | OpenJournals

Openjournals is een online platform en ondersteunend team, voor publicatie van wetenschappelijke, peer-reviewed tijdschriften volgens het diamond open access

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

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Home | OpenJournals

Openjournals is een online platform en ondersteunend team, voor publicatie van wetenschappelijke, peer-reviewed tijdschriften volgens het diamond open access

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Ending slide from Mark Hanson's @hansonmark.bsky.social excellent talk at #horizondiamond2026 with qr to the main papers strain, drain, and PISS paper. He also concludes "Funders can make diamond competitive". #horizondiamond2026

Ending slide from Mark Hanson's talk at #horizondiamond2026 with qr to the main papers strain, drain, and PISS paper

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wimpouw @wimpouw.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

@markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy really good overview of the drain, strain, and 'special-issuefication' of publishing "Special issue is like a fast food menu with relaxed editor control" "MDPI has a massive impact inflation, more than anything else" #horizondiamond2026 Check out the app!

Slide with QR code for assessing impact inflation in different publishers

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wimpouw @wimpouw.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Lift off! Mihaela Cimpian has started the conferenceon reform in scholarly publishin. "We are at an impasse in scholarly publishing" "We are here to build a network" #horizondiamond2026 @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy will be the first keynote! horizonriamond.nl

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Andrii Tarieiev @andriitarieiev.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

This is a very much needed meeting on scholarly publishing. Sadly, I'll not be able to attend it in person but encourage all who can to do so.

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The conference on reform in scholarly publishing happening this Thursday and Friday in Nijmegen! For those on Bluesky lets use this tag: #horizondiamond2026 www.horizondiamond.nl Were approaching a full house, but last-minute sign ups are welcomed. #publishing #science #research

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Could not find all organisers on here, but thanks to @wimpouw.bsky.social @bregtlameris.bsky.social Laurens Kemp, Jos Baeten, Elisabeth Elbers, and Mihaela Cimpian!

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wimpouw @wimpouw.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Over 100 confirmed visitors to this conference, and there is still room to join for next week! Nijmegen, NL, 5-6 Feb

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wimpouw @wimpouw.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

#cognitivescience Don't forget our pledge to publish one article in a scholar-led diamond open access journal in five years is still live. Were half way through! After another 250 sign ups the pledge will activate! freeourknowledge.org/2024-01-30-c...

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Collective Action In Science Diamond

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

We've got ISSUES. Literally. We scraped >100k special issues & over 1 million articles to bring you a PISS-poor paper. We quantify just how many excess papers are published by guest editors abusing special issues to boost their CVs. How bad is it & what can we do? arxiv.org/abs/2601.07563 A 🧵 1/n

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Keynote announcement! Editor in chief of Diamond Open Access journal OpenMind direct.mit.edu/opmi will tell their story. 5-6th of February Nijmegen - one can still sign up at www.horizondiamond.nl

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

New keynote announcement! You can still sign up for this event in Nijmegen, NL in February! www.horizondiamond.nl

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

And another keynote! www.horizondiamond.nl

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wimpouw @wimpouw.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Academic publishing is broken due to for-profit actors. Time to explore alternatives as researchers → A Diamond Open Access conference, Feb 5-6, 2026 in Nijmegen NL. Free registration (limited seats): horizondiamond.nl Let's build a sustainable publishing infrastructure together.

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

More diamond open access awareness happening!

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wimpouw @wimpouw.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Researchers, please consider filling in this Survey for the Diamond Open Access Expertise Center "exploring the motivations and challenges that early-career researchers face when engaging with DOA publishing." erasmusuniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Qualtrics Survey | Diamond OA

The purpose of this questionnaire is to better understand the motivations and challenges that researchers face regarding open access publishing. Specifically, we are focusing on Diamond Open Access (D...

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hakwan lau @hakwan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

who says that science doesn't generate profit?

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Do you also see problems with the for-profit academic publishing system? Take action with us! Publish one(!) pub with diamond open access in 5 years after the pledge activates. Activation happens when a critical mass is reached. freeourknowledge.org/2024-01-30-c...

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Please consider signing up for change in scientific publishing

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Remarkable long thread by @jeremymberg.bsky.social , ex-editor of Science, explaining how the sausage is made at AAAS . I hope he'll post this somewhere as a blog or article as these long threads are a bit tedious to scroll through and all too transitory.

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Were still collecting pledges to make room for community-led academic publishing! Please sign, and publish one of your articles in 5 years with a diamond open access journal. A baby step! And you only need to do it when we have a critical mass of 500!

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Commercial publishers have been happily corrupting the scientific process for profits. It is really time to organize ourselves differently

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www.freeourknowledge.org @freeourknowledge.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

So what if you feel that pledges for individual actions are doomed to fail when it comes to changing for-profit scholarly publishing? Then we can also help lobby for change of investments! Sign this and support a step in the right direction openscienceretreat.eu/call-to-comm...

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Call to Commitment: Future-proof OA Publishing

In March 2024, during the Open Science Retreat in Schoorl, NL, participants came together to discuss a new ‘Narrative for sustainable Open Access’. This resulted in the following Call to Commitment, w...

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Jeroen Sondervan @jeroenson.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Concerns are growing about the reliance on a small group of commercial publishers and the high costs involved, which threaten accessibility for less well-funded regions in the world. NWO is therefore advocating for a more equitable and diverse publishing landscape.

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Jeroen Sondervan @jeroenson.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Several Dutch academic stakeholders take an important step towards the sustainability of Openjournals.nl as a national platform offering (technical) publishing solutions for diamond #openaccess journals. Read more about it here: openjournals.nl/index.php/20...

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Press release: Dutch academic organizations will jointly support the development of the Openjournals platform as a national infrastructure for Diamond Open Access publishing of scholarly articles...

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · 12/12/2024

"The University will not renew its 'big deal' subscription to Elsevier, which expires on 31 December 2024." Well done Sheffield! Here's hoping others follow suit next year... www.sheffield.ac.uk/library/news...

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Updates on access to Library resources (journals).

In January, there will be changes to access to some Library resources (journals).

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wimpouw @wimpouw.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Now also English translation (author copy): wimpouw.com/files/PouwBa... Dutch: wimpouw.com/files/PouwBa... Online copy: archive.ph/bfn1n

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Jeroen Sondervan @jeroenson.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

This aged pretty well. #diamond #openaccess

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Richard Van Noorden @richvn.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

A growing problem --- fake papers polluting systematic reviews. And interesting point that the gold-standard protocols that Cochrane is developing to weed out untrustworthy studies, are too much of an effort for systematic-review authors looking at 100s of papers. www.science.org/content/arti...

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‘Systematic reviews’ that aim to extract broad conclusions from many studies are in peril

Fake papers are “poisoning the well” for these gold-standard syntheses, researchers say

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