The PublishOA Landscape Report will be launched at a dedicated event on Tuesday, 10 June 2025, at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin.

This event offers an opportunity to explore the findings of this important new publication and to engage in discussion about the future of scholarly publishing in Ireland. Attendees will also have the chance to network with others working and passionate about open access publishing. Refreshments will be served.

Event Details

Date: Tuesday, 10 June 2025

Time: 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. IST

Venue: Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2, D02 HH58

Tickets: Free – Reserve your place now via the RIA website

About the Report

The purpose of the landscape report was to map scholarly publishing on the island of Ireland. It documents publishers on the island and assesses the readiness of Irish scholarly publishers to transition to Open Access (OA) publishing. It also examines their knowledge of the practices, needs, challenges and opportunities of Diamond Open Access (DOA).

About PublishOA

The report is a deliverable of the PublishOA project, co-led by the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) and Trinity College Dublin’s Long Room Hub (TLRH), which aimed to evaluate the feasibility of establishing a centralised, publicly owned Diamond Open Access (OA) publishing platform for Irish scholarly publishing. Diamond OA refers to a model where journals and platforms do not charge fees to authors or readers.

The funding for the PublishOA.ie project was approved by NORF at the end of 2022, and is supported by the Higher Education Authority (HEA) and the Government of Ireland.