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Publish a diamond journal

Diamond scientific journals publish articles that are open access, with no payment required from authors or readers.

Do you run a diamond journal? Do you wish to create a new one, transition from print to digital, transform your economic model, or change your publication workflow?

We can support and advise you throughout your editorial project.

Contact us:

Discover the diamond journals supported by Université de Lorraine

Our services

The service offering consists of eight blocks: creation, digital transition, editorial quality, legal aspects, platforms, structured publishing, search engine optimisation and visibility, and training. Creation · ISSN and DOI · Roles and functioning committees · Editorial workflow · Graphic design : logo, visual identity Digital transition · Publication templates · Economic models · Website structure and content · Retroconversion of paper issues Editorial quality · Editorial quality criteria · Transparency of editorial procedures · Open Science policy · Ethics charter Legal aspects · Journal legal statuses · Author contracts · Distribution licenses · Image usage rights · Title registration with the INPI Platforms · Assitance with applications, getting started on platforms · OpenEdition, Centre Mersenne, Episciences, Persée, etc. Structured editing · Structuring and standardizing content · Creating an article template · Métopes, XML, LaTeX assistance Referencing and visibility · Indexing : Sudoc, Mirabel, HAL, DAOJ, OpenAlex, etc. · Visibility in search engines · Advice on communication Training · National certification training Spoc Quéro · Organization of local courses · Documentation and practical sheets
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Journal network

We have been running a network of scientific journals in Lorraine since 2022. It brings together researchers, editors, and scientific and technical information professionals from the Lorraine region to:

  • share editorial quality standards and professional skills;
  • encourage the transition of local journals to open science;
  • facilitate exchanges between professionals involved in the publication of scientific journals in the Lorraine region.

For more details, see the roadmap. Would you like to join this network? Contact us:

Find a member of the journal network for your laboratory

Diamond fund

The University of Lorraine provides financial support to diamond journals on the Lorraine site.

> See the list of supported journals

Since 2020, the UL has contributed to several calls for projects from the National Fund for Open Science. In 2024, it launched a program to fund diamond journals linked to its open science support fund.

The budget comes from savings made by unsubscribing from Wiley resources (2024) and support from the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation as part of the Objectives, Means and Performance Contract (COMP) in 2025 and 2026. The aim is to continue this system beyond 2026.

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Partnerships, projects, and networks

We are involved in several professional networks and projects around scientific publishing:

  • Médici: Network of public scientific publishing professions: we contribute to the Copyright and LaTeX working groups.
  • Repères: the UL co-leads the Referencing working group and the Spoc Quéro national certification training program in this network, which brings together open access journal incubators.
  • OPERAS: we are involved in the Open Access Business Model and Best Practices working groups within this European network on open scientific communication in the humanities and social sciences.
  • FNSO Diamant’AIR project: the UL is leading this project with INRAE and OPERAS to create the Lorraine diamond resource center and consolidate the site’s journal support services.
  • ALMASI European project: we are partners in this project, which aims to develop a sustainable, high-quality diamond ecosystem in Europe, Latin America, and Africa.