A first version of the dataset concerning Belgian OA journals published without author fees was published yesterday: Mesotten, L., & Verbeke, D. (2026). The Belgian Diamond Open Access Landscape [Data set]. Zenodo. The Belgian Diamond Open Access Landscape | Zenodo .
A short blogpost details some of the choices that were made during the creation of this dataset: https://scholarlytales.hcommons.org/2026/06/23/open-access-journals-published-in-belgium-without-author-fees/
This dataset should be regarded as a living resource rather than a definitive inventory, which will be periodically updated to reflect changes in journal policies, platforms, and indexing statuses. The authors very much welcome additions, corrections, or comments you may have; so don’t hesitate to get in touch..
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I have seen the file deposit in Zenodo and realised thereare some journals without any open licence, that means that do not comply with the criteria of de the diamond discovery hub, wouln’t they be bronze OA journals?
The operational criteria prepared in the context of the DIAMAS indeed asks open licenses. That is why we have included column H, with details about the license. Putting a filter on that column so that only those journals with open licenses are includes provides a list of journals which comply with that criterium of Diamond OA (we have included columns for all the criteria of DIAMAS, so that users can filter only those journals that meet the criteria and could be included in the DDH (which are less journals than the total included in our overview)..
Thanks for the clarification. Reme