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OPal logo: a red-to-blue rainbow shaded simple rendering of a regular echinoid with lines of paired white dots representing the ambulacra and a central white circle representing the periproct. The OPal echinoid forms the "O" of the journal's abbreviation, "OPal", with the "Pal" written in light blue.

Editorial

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024)

Open Palaeontology: a new model of diamond open access journal for palaeontology

DOI
https://doi.org/10.26034/la.opal.2024.6223
Submitted
3 December 2024
Published
03-12-2024

Abstract

Open Palaeontology is a new diamond open access (DOA) journal for publishing academic research on all aspects of palaeontology. Open Palaeontology, or OPal, is founded on the principles of academic rigour, accessibility, transparency, and innovation. As a diamond open access (DOA) online-only journal, Open Palaeontology is free for authors to publish in and free for readers to access. Open Palaeontology facilitates a step-wise and flexible approach to scholarly publishing that is intended to increase transparency throughout the academic research process with our Hypotheticals, Research Protocols, and Research Articles formats. We also encourage the submission of multimedia articles where research is presented in audio and/or visual formats. Our commitment to transparency includes an open peer review process, with signed reviewer reports published alongside accepted articles. We hope that Open Palaeontology will encourage different thinking about academic publishing, and we intend to continue to incorporate new ideas into our publication model. Open Palaeontology is open for submissions and we look forward to receiving your work for consideration for publication.

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