Academic Research Community Alliance

The Academic Research Community (ARC) Alliance is a community of like-minded scholars supportive of a non-profit, altruistic, high-quality scholarly publishing alternative to standard publishing models. ARC Alliance utilizes a Diamond Open Access model in which no article processing charge is paid by Alliance member authors, publications are open access, and copyright is retained by authors of their scholarly work.

Motivation for the development of the ARC Alliance is rooted in the unsustainable state of the cost of scholarly publishing, a rapid transition to open access publication, and a desire to catalyze a transition to a high-quality, low-cost, sustainable publishing alternative to best serve the ARC. This effort is a direct response to the rapidly rising costs of access to scholarly publications provided by existing publishers and a means to support the transitions to open access publication without fees to ARC authors or the granting sources funding their research.

Because the ARC Alliance is a community-led effort aimed at preserving the intellectual property of the ARC, expressions of support for the ARC Alliance principles are sought from the academy.  Your signature will be a testimony of your support and help toward building a Diamond Open Access model for the benefit of humanity and more affordable scientific publications.