Open Journals Collective

And that’s a wrap!

We thoroughly enjoyed the @copim.bsky.social conference.

Being among like-minded colleagues and friends – all working on incredible projects – makes us feel even more strongly that together we can shake up academic publishing.

Chaos is coming!

#CopimConference

Excited to be at the @copim.bsky.social conference!

👀 If you’re near the digital poster wall, check us out!

👋 Some of the OJC Directors and Exec. Group are also here – come say hi.

💎 Find out more about the Open Journals Collective: www.openjournalscollective.org

#CopimConference

Did you know we have a Bluesky starter pack where you can follow all of OJC's publisher members in just one click?

Take a look and give a click!

go.bsky.app/QvGSACZ

Journal of Cultural Analytics Enters New Chapter with CDH, Joins Open Journals Collective Journal of Cultural Analytics Enters New Chapter with CDH, Joins Open Journals Collective

Congratulations to the Journal of Cultural Analytics 🎉

Princeton’s Center for Digital Humanities is now its publisher. JCA has migrated to @janewayolh.bsky.social and joined the @ojcollective.bsky.social launch collection!

Details: cdh.princeton.edu/news/2026/02...

Exciting day at @ojcollective.bsky.social in London! Our new Library Engagement Lead Tom Shaw met with @rupertgatti.bsky.social & I to plan the next 3-6 months of web dev. We’ll improve the OJC website & journals catalogue first. Then run a community consultation about the OJC Library Hub. 1/2

Super excited to be working with Tom Shaw, who starts as Library Engagement Lead at @ojcollective.bsky.social today! #OpenAccess #Diamond

Huge welcome to Tom, who I very much look forward to working with on OJC! 💎

Fantastic to see the OJC team grow, bringing on more diamonds to work on Diamond Open Access!

Welcome, Tom 💎🥳

Three Penn Press Titles Join Open Journal Collective - University of Pennsylvania Press Three journals from the University of Pennsylvania Press will participate in the 2026 Open Journals Collective (OJC), an initiative that enables

Some exciting news: three of our journals will be participating in the @ojcollective.bsky.social in 2026! Learn more on our blog https://bit.ly/403rkBU

🎉 We're absolutely thrilled to be welcoming our first member of staff at the Open Journals Collective today - Thomas Shaw joins us as Library Engagement Lead and will be designing and implementing our library engagement strategy. 🎉

Welcome Tom! 🎉

Exciting times for the Open Institutional Publishing Association (OIPA) - UKSG With the coming of digital publishing and new technologies, increasing awareness of the benefits of open access publishing and growing criticism of the practices and profits of commercial publishers, ...

Exciting times for the Open Institutional Publishing Association!

We wrote about our activities in 2025 and plans for the future – including our symposiums, new committee members and Advisory Board, and member milestones – for UKSG eNews.

Give it a read and share!

www.uksg.org/newsletter/u...

The fabulous @glossa-linguistics.bsky.social journal is one of the titles libraries can support via @ojcollective.bsky.social, a new initiative in support of #DiamondOpenAccess. It's one of 285 #AHSS & #STEM journals in our catalogue.

You can join our movement here: www.openjournalscollective.org

So pleased to see @ojcollective.bsky.social officially launched now! Find out more about this important new model for journal publishing (esp for AHSS) below ⬇️

Do encourage your university libraries to support this!

#Library #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing #equitable

→ Érudit and the Open Journals Collective: A Shared Commitment to Diamond Open Access 💎

Érudit recently joined OJC @ojcollective.bsky.social, an initiative aimed at supporting diamond open access scholarly journal publishing.

Details: apropos.erudit.org/ojc-open-acc...

#diamondOA #OpenAccess #OA

Had a great day in Paris at the École pratique des hautes études mapping out the future alignment between @ojcollective.bsky.social & @openbookcollective.bsky.social. Here’s me with @rupertgatti.bsky.social & @joedeville.bsky.social (Fernand Braudel looks on). #diamond #openaccess

We are proud that @uwpress.bsky.social has 4 of their #DiamondOpenAccess journals in our catalogue incl the Journal of Deliberative Democracy.

Find out how your library can support these journals + those of 18 other #AHSS & #STEM publishers here:

www.openjournalscollective.org

#TheFutureIsDiamond

We are proud to have 4 of @lsepress.bsky.social's #DiamondOpenAccess journals in our catalogue incl the #JournalofLongTermCare.

Find out how your library can support them + journals of 18 other #AHSS and #STEM publishers here:

www.openjournalscollective.org

#ChaosIsComing #TheFutureIsDiamond

Find Diamond #OpenAccess #linguistics journals here: www.openjournalscollective.org/catalogue/?q...

We are proud to have 15 of @uclpressjournals.bsky.social's #OpenAccess journals included in our catalogue. Find out how your library can support them (and journals of 18 other publishers) here:

www.openjournalscollective.org

We’re celebrating research that made an impact in 2025 with a new collection of highly cited, #OpenAccess articles published across the UCL Press Journals portfolio.

📚 Highly Cited in 2025

Explore the collection: bit.ly/4bmahC0

Academic libraries cannot afford to carry on with transformative agreements - LSE Impact Caroline Edwards argues transformative agreements are unaffordable and introduces the Open Journals Collective as a model for scaling open access.

Now the #OpenJournalsCollective catalogue is live time to revisit @theblochian.bsky.social's @lseimpactblog.bsky.social article abt why it matters, why #TheFutureIsDiamond & how you can join our movement

Read the blog & follow links to the #OJC website for more info

blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

This launch last week was fantastic news for the future of scholarly publishing, with hundreds of #diamondopenaccess journals listed - check them out at www.openjournalscollective.org/catalogue/

@cphjournal.bsky.social is proud to be included.

Hi @robertadal.bsky.social - new journal applications will open up later in 2026 for the 2027 list. In the meantime please email caroline.edwards@bbk.ac.uk & joanna@doaj.org to express interest and for further information. Thank you for your interest in @ojcollective.bsky.social

Open Journals Collective launches to give libraries 'exit ramp' from big deals - Research Information Libraries invited to back a "sustainable, community-led alternative to commercial scholarly publishing models"

Getting some nice press coverage for the launch of #OpenJournalsCollective last week @researchinfo.bsky.social #TheFutureIsDiamond

www.researchinformation.info/news/open-jo...

We @jepub.bsky.social are proud to be part of the Open Journals Collective @ojcollective.bsky.social inaugural collection of #diamondOA journals. Published by @uofmpress.bsky.social & @michiganpublishing.bsky.social we have been #diamondOA since launching in 1995. Great to be part of this community!

The Open Journals Collective (OJC) is proud to announce the launch of its official investment campaign, inviting libraries to secure a sustainable, community led future for scholarly publishing. More information below! bsky.app/profile/ojco...

The Open Journals Collective (@ojcollective.bsky.social‬) has just launched and already includes 75 journals! www.openjournalscollective.org/catalogue/?q...

I am enthusiastic about the OJC and how well it has been set up to advance diamond (free) open access, working with libraries and funders.

SO proud to be a founding publisher member of the @ojcollective.bsky.social!

If you want to support equitable publishing models that centre community-led publishing, then invest in the OJC!

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Exciting news: the official launch of the @ojcollective.bsky.social Open Journals Collective! A global investment campaign to provide libraries an exit from commercial publisher "Deals" drive.google.com/file/d/10Hgf...

Open Journals Collective is here! 🎉🎉🎉