Our service terms set out our expectations of all Edinburgh Diamond users. Unless otherwise agreed, by using the Edinburgh Diamond service you agree to the following.For all service users Book, conference proceedings and journal users agree to:Publish under a Diamond Open Access modelLicense all published content under a Creative Commons license of your choiceEnsure authors retain copyright to their workList the University of Edinburgh as the publisher on all digital, printed and web matterNote: this is because the University of Edinburgh owns and manages the accounts used to allocate and distribute the ISSNs, ISBNs and DOIs used for all published content. We do not take Intellectual Property (IP) or copyright to content – the journal title is owned by the editor and article content is owned by their respective authors.Include the following information in your website footer and published content (on the copyright page and either the front or back cover, if applicable).Edinburgh University Library logo and Edinburgh Diamond graphicPublisherOpen Access & Creative Commons statement e.g. “Journal name is Open Access and published under a Creative Commons XXX license.”ISSN/ISBN/DOI (published content only).Adhere to the Edinburgh Diamond Publication Ethics Statement on a best endeavours basisBe responsible for managing publication workflow, including submissions and peer review (where relevant)Be responsible and accountable for all content published in your book/journal. Please note: the Library reserves the right to investigate content that contradicts our Publication Ethics Statement or which may be deemed illegal, and to take said content down.Allow Edinburgh Diamond to submit your journal and book content to indexers and international library cataloguesAllow Edinburgh Diamond to gather metrics related to your book and journal to create reportsGive six months' notice if moving your book or journal from the Edinburgh Diamond serviceFor journal editors only Journal editors additionally agree to:Publish content as per the journal's publication schedulePublish both full issues and individual article PDFsNote: Part of the Edinburgh Diamond service includes disseminating your journal issues to various libraries and indexers. Many libraries only accept full issue PDFs, and many indexers only accept individual articles. To make your journal as discoverable and well-used as possible,we aim to cover all bases.Inform Edinburgh Diamond upon the publication of every new issue, so that we may register your DOIs, distribute your metadata, disseminate your issue/articles, and help promote your contentInform Edinburgh Diamond of any journal management changesHave a management succession plan in place, particularly for journals where editorship changes frequentlyFor student journals: have an academic sponsor in place. This is someone who acts as a constant contact for Edinburgh Diamond in case a succession plan between student journal editors fails For information on what the service does and doesn’t include, please see our Service Provisions page. This article was published on 2025-03-04