By joining OJC, libraries support the long-term sustainability of non-profit, university-based journals.
The OJC Model.
Launched in January 2026, OJC is designed to raise collective investment for a transition to academic-led, non-profit diamond open access. Published by world leaders in non-profit and university-based digital publishing, the initiative offers libraries and funders the opportunity to support equitable research infrastructure for journals.
We offer three collections of diamond open access journals:
Journal Funding.
From December 2026 onwards, library investment raised by OJC will be shared with journals in our 3 Launch Collections.
We have conducted extensive stakeholder interviews with diamond open access publishers, editors, and non-profit platform providers. This has led to the collective design of an equitable revenue distribution model in which journals included in OJC Collections can receive regular payments according to their size and need.
We will share library funding raised through our investment programme with OJC journals. This has been designed to supplement any existing funding or income that journals receive, including support via their publishers' library membership models, income from scholarly societies, or funding from university departments.
Journal Funding & Revenue Distribution.
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| Package & Band | Journal Size | No. of articles p/year | Annual Funding |
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Package A (full fat) Full support for journals with no funding or income. |
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| 1 | Tiny | 10 | £10,500 |
| 2 | Small | 25 | |
| 3 | Medium | 50 | £19,200 |
| 4 | Large | 100 | £25,500 |
| 5 | Very Large | 500 | |
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Package B (semi-skimmed) Partial support for journals with minimal funding or income. |
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| 1 | Tiny | 10 | |
| 2 | Small | 25 | £9,000 |
| 3 | Medium | 50 | £17,700 |
| 4 | Large | 100 | £24,000 |
| 5 | Very Large | 500 | |
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Package C (skimmed) Top-up support for journals with established funding or income. |
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| 1 | Tiny | 10 | £5,000 |
| 2 | Small | 25 | £7,000 |
| 3 | Medium | 50 | £9,350 |
| 4 | Large | 100 | £12,500 |
| 5 | Very Large | 500 | £24,500 |
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We have designed a scalable pathway to migrate journals away from commercial publishers and subscription models. Titles can "flip" to diamond open access with the OJC, empowering libraries to cancel commercial journal subscriptions or walk away from Transformative Agreements. Working together, libraries, academics, scholarly associations, and university-affiliated publishers can build a fairer and more affordable journals publishing system.
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