The 3rd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access, held in Bengaluru, India from February 2–6, 2026, brought together librarians, publishers, researchers, policymakers, and open access advocates to advance equitable and sustainable models of scholarly communication.
The summit emphasized the role of Diamond open access journals in providing free access to knowledge without charging authors or readers. Discussions highlighted the relevance of this model in India, where many scholarly journals already operate under Diamond model but continue to face challenges related to visibility, technical infrastructure, sustainability, metadata standards, and indexing.
A DOAJ representative presented a digital poster on “DOAJ Support for Diamond Open Access,” developed jointly with a colleague from the organization’s editorial team. The presentation outlined DOAJ’s focus on Diamond open access, efforts to improve journal visibility and quality, and collaboration with global initiatives such as DIAMAS, ALMASI, and the Open Journals Collective to promote equitable and sustainable scholarly publishing.
A central discussion during the summit focused on the Bengaluru Roadmap, which offers practical recommendations for strengthening Diamond open access globally. For India, the roadmap was positioned as an opportunity to align institutional and national policies with global open access initiatives and to build stronger support systems for community-led journals.
Sessions addressed improving journal quality, strengthening editorial standards, enhancing metadata practices, and increasing global discoverability through platforms such as DOAJ and other open science tools. The program included workshops on the first day, followed by plenary sessions and thematic streams that enabled structured discussions and engagement.
Participants emphasized the importance of multilingual and regional language research to ensure that knowledge reaches society beyond English-speaking audiences. Institutional collaboration, shared resources, policy support, funding mechanisms, and capacity-building initiatives were identified as necessary to sustain Diamond journals in India and across Asia.
The summit concluded with recognition of continued international collaboration, with the next Global Summit on Diamond Open Access scheduled for Bali, Indonesia, in 2027.
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