What direct support is available for open-access Diamond journals? Funding models and arrangements for implementation
« This study is mainly based on a questionnaire survey which was sent to over a thousand
Diamond journals and to which 260 people responded. We have put together a matrix of
questions structured around 4 subjects, enabling us to understand their financial situation:
the journal’s financial configuration, the publication acts, the relationship with funders and
with the quantitative reports, and opinions regarding a direct funding model. Most of the
questions are closed and provide a quantifiable view of the financial realities confronting the
Diamond journals. Some open questions were handled separately using qualitative software. (…) »
