Diamond Open Access Standard (DOAS)

DOAS sets out standards for Diamond Open Access publishing that help scholarly publishers
ensure quality and transparency in journal publishing processes. It addresses the seven core
components of scholarly publishing:

1. Funding

2. Legal ownership, mission and governance

3. Open Science

4. Editorial management, editorial quality and research integrity

5. Technical service efficiency

6. Visibility, communication, marketing, and impact

7. Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (EDIB), multilingualism and gender equity

DOAS is published as a document:

Consortium of the DIAMAS project. (2024). The Diamond OA Standard (DOAS) (1.2). Zenodo.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13820036, and is operationalised as a self-assessment tool:
https://diamas.fecyt.es/ available to all Diamond OA publishers and service providers.

This table provides an easy and quick insight into the structure of DOAS and helps you see what
kind of information you need to provide and where you stand before taking the self-assessment.

There are two levels of compliance with DOAS: meeting the essential requirements (REQUIRED)
and additional recommendations for further improvement (DESIRED).