Slides for DARTS8 2023

1. THE ESSEX STUDENT
JOURNAL
SUPPORTING RESEARCH CULTURE THROUGH
DIAMOND OPEN ACCESS PUBLISHING
Hannah Crago
University of Essex

2. OUTLINE
 Background
 How we work
 Introduce publishing
 Learning tool
 Advocacy
 Future plans

3. ESSEX STUDENT JOURNAL
 For students, by
students
 Diamond open
access
 Supports research
culture

4. HOW WE GOT HERE
 Previously ESTRO
 More ad-hoc
 Working with Janeway from 2019
 Relaunched in 2020

5. OUR TEAM
Team and journal
manager
Journal manager Student journal
editor

6. HOW WE WORK
 Open for submission with no deadline
 Multi-disciplinary
 Double blind review policy

7. AN INTRODUCTION TO PUBLISHING
 Show publishing is
for everyone
 Make more research
freely available
 Support open
research culture

8. LEARNING TOOL
Authors Reviewers
Understand how to tailor writing to different
audiences
Experience peer review process
Reach a wider audience Enhance teaching skills
Improve research and writing skills
Boost self-confidence
Strengthen CV
Experience publishing open access

9. DIAMOND
OPEN ACCESS
 Raise profile
 Show what is possible
 “Practice what we preach”

10. ADVOCACY
 Advocate for diamond open access
 Convince senior leadership
 Platform to speak about diamond open
access

11. THREE ASPECTS
OF SUCCESS

12. FUTURE PLANS
 Work with academics
 Special issues
 Essex Student Journal conference

13. ESSEX
STUDENT
JOURNAL
Continue to grow diamond Open Access at
Essex (and beyond!)

14. QUESTIONS, THOUGHTS AND
IDEAS
 Get in touch
h.crago@essex.ac.uk
@hannah_crago_
 Essex Student Journal
journal@essex.ac.uk
@Essex_SJ

15. DARTS8: Discover Academic Research
Training and Support