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Who are we for?
We are for researchers who stand against the harmful status quo of academic publishing as an act of deep emancipatory self-respect.
Revolutionising academic publishing sounds great because everyone knows it's needed but it hurts people differently. You can't fix root problems until you name them, but naming them makes you the problem instead of the welcome solution. It's best to read our busy site with a cup of tea first.
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How our publishing works
If you're ready to jump off the journal rejection belt that's compromising your academic freedom, here's a summary of our workflows.
-> Format your work correctly
-> Approve your author contribution
-> Implement your own sales plan
-> Understand and follow the rules
-> ALL members share the gatekeeping
-> Implement your own sales plan
-> Understand and follow the rules
-> ALL members share the gatekeeping
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After you've read our site to confirm it's for you – and this will take time as we've reformed the system, then simply follow these clear steps!
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-> Prepare your work
-> Review its quality
-> Connect with Stripe
-> Prepare your work
-> Review its quality
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In heeding the call for radical reimagining, our infrastructure still supports researchers' checks on quality & defensibility for the public's good.
-> Upload your preprint
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-> Upload your publication
-> Search the database
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-> Upload your publication
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Recent news
Radical change in the left and right has been long time coming
OUR SITE IS FOR ALL KEY STAKEHOLDERS
From the writers to the readers of credible knowledge
From the writers to the readers of credible knowledge
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- Professor of Open Access (OA), Aus 2023
Too good to be true!
- Librarian, UK 2024
Reports
Annual Report 2023/24
As a publisher rooted in what's best for researchers, we are counter culture. It's raised eyebrows but we've taken all critiques seriously, making this year's annual report a lengthy part-manifesto. It explains the reasoning behind each element of our radically left system design and business model, as well as our progress toward equity in academic publishing.
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Australia's 'Public access model'
The outgoing Office of the Chief Scientist (2021-24) sought sector-wide advice on their proposal for a 'Public access model'. We applaud its boldness and intent to reform scholarly publishing, but also offer deeper reflections from the standpoint of the only anti-slavery academic publisher on inter/national impact as it moves from development to implementation.
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Responding to US Executive Orders
Full response
In Jan 2025, Executive Orders were announced by the President of the United States of America that would affect: (1) public funding for their universities (with potential flow-on effects for publishing costs), and (2) the use of allowable language (especially in regard to gender and race) in research publications. These are clarifying times that: (1) affirm the necessity of independent academic publishing, especially that amplifies the voices for whom Scholar Freedom was built in the first place, and (2) sift authentic from performative businesses of 'DEIAJ' (diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and justice).
"Forbidden words"
Brief response
1. Disclaimer – We're not going to explain ourselves anymore
2. Terminology – Censorship in publications threatens the truth
3. Humanising researchers – We are not society's slaves
4. Let's light a movement together – When academic publishing is unfair, the scholarly record is inaccurate
3. Humanising researchers – We are not society's slaves
4. Let's light a movement together – When academic publishing is unfair, the scholarly record is inaccurate
Clarifying our cost by user type
Hailing from a generation of researchers prior to the introduction of neoliberalism meant that we could envision a different way and believed it was possible to change. However, communicating this vision is now our work! Recently, we added information that explains how we've pushed the boundaries on innovation as the ONLY academic publisher that's hybrid Diamond Open Access (OA) at the AUTHORS' choice. It means that researchers can even donate their earnings to marginalised communities who've shared their suffering in the hope your research will ease it and whose truths are at risk of being erased.
Hybrid Diamond OA
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Last updated: 5 April 2025
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