72. Helmholtz Open Science Online Seminar

Putting Publishing Back Into the Hands of the Scientific Community – Diamond Open Access at Helmholtz and Beyond

7. Mai 2026, 10:00 bis 13:00 Uhr

Hintergrund

Diamond open access refers to publishing models in which neither reading nor publishing fees are charged. Diamond open access also places the question of the autonomy of science in the spotlight: the aspiration and the goal that publishing and the publication outlets are in the hands of the scientific community.

This Helmholtz Open Science Online Seminar Putting Publishing Back Into the Hands of the Scientific Community – Diamond Open Access at Helmholtz and Beyond explores how science-led, open access journal publishing is practiced at Helmholtz and beyond: What does it take to publish a diamond open access journal? What are existing and emerging services and infrastructures on an institutional, national and international level? This event showcases concrete examples and current developments: the experience of an editor for a community-driven journal who is a Helmholtz researcher and scientific executive director, a scholar-led journal published at KIT, Germany's national service point for diamond open access (SeDOA) and the expansion of Open Research Europe as a European publishing platform soon to be hosted at CERN.

Programm

Zeit	Thema	Vortragende
10:00–10:05	Begrüßung und Einführung
10:05–12:00	Vorträge und Präsentationen	Moderation: Paul Schultze-Motel \| Helmholtz Open Science Office
10:05	The need for open access publishing: Perspectives from a Helmholtz Centre, the journal Solid Earth of the European Geosciences Union, and the preprint repository EGUsphere (exact title tba)	Prof. Dr. Susanne Buiter \| GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
10:25	Diamond open access at KIT: The diamond open access journal Hydrogen Safety and KIT Scientific Publishing (exact title tba)	Prof. Dr. Thomas Jordan \| Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Dr. Mamta Dwivedi \| Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
10:50	SeDOA – the German Service Centre for Diamond Open Access (exact title tba)	Dr. Katja Wermbter (TU Braunschweig) Katharina Schulz (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
11:10	Open Research Europe – a European open access publishing platform (exact title tba)	Victoria Tsoukala \| European Commission Kamran Naim (CERN Open Science)
11:30	Q & A	Moderation: Paul Schultze-Motel \| Helmholtz Open Science Office
11:50	Pause
12:00–12:55	Diskussion
12:55–13:00	Schluss