Digital Commons Journals help you reach the broadest audience, from campus to the global stage

Digital Commons Journals is a world-class open-access publishing platform. It provides a secure and reliable hosted solution that includes top-tier search engine optimization, comprehensive metrics, expert consulting services, and a robust platform designed for steady growth. 

The digital journal platform and user interface are designed to support global visibility through enhanced functionality, customization, and an intuitive user experience. You are enabled to customize the journal's appearance to uniquely reflect your university's branding and aesthetic preferences. 

Digital Commons Journals is optimized for high visibility and features submission management, editorial and peer review tools. On average, journal articles hosted on DC Journals receive more than 300 downloads per article. Dashboards offer comprehensive, real-time readership metrics as well as trends in reference and usage. While it doesn't guarantee acceptance, it facilitates compliance with requirements for aggregators such as Scopus, Web of Science, and PubMed. DC Journals also offers significant technical efficiencies: from hosting to system upgrades, IT workflow with no added costs.

Join a panel of editors and library publishers to examine the changing landscape of research and how Diamond open access journals are evolving to meet those needs. Panelists share their experience providing input to Digital Commons new Modern Journal Designs and share how they are innovating with their publishing programs.