Abstract DGP2026-132

Planetary Research: A new Diamond Open Access Journal for Planetary Science

Mark Wieczorek (1), Oded Ahronson (2), Marie Běhounková (3), Justin Filiberto (4), Eli Galanti (2), Andre Izidoro (5), Frederic Schmidt (6), Nicola Tosi (7), Catlin Ahrens (8), Alvaro Alvarez-Candal (9), Min Ding (10), Sander Goossens (8), Yeon Joo Lee (11), Miki Nakajima (12), Michael S. Phillips (13), Anne Pommier (14), Le Quiao (15), Joshua Snape (16), Allan H. Treiman (17) and the Planetary Research Team.

(1) Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France, (2) Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, (3) Charles University, Prague, (4) NASA Johnson Space Center, USA, (5) Rice University, USA, (6) GEOPS, France, (7) German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany, (8) NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA, (9) Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, Spain, (10) Southern University of Science and Technology, China, (11) Pioneer Research Center for Climate and Earth Science, South Korea, (12) University of Rochester, USA, (13) University of Arizona, USA, (14) Carnegie Institution for Science, USA, (15) School of Space Science and Technology, China, (16) The University of Manchester, UK, (17) Lunar and Planetary Institute, USA

Planetary Research (https://planetary-research.org) is a new diamond open-access journal in planetary science, open for submissions since January 2026. It operates under a community-owned, non-profit model with no submission fees, no publication charges, and no subscription costs for authors or readers. The journal is supported by the Planetary Research Cooperative, a non-profit association established in France, and is run by volunteers using open-source infrastructure. Governance and scope of the journal are defined through open community participation.

Planetary Research covers the full scope of planetary science, including spacecraft and Earth-based-observatory data, laboratory studies on planetary materials, numerical and theoretical modeling of planetary processes, terrestrial field-site analogue research, and studies of Earth and exoplanets presented in a comparative planetology context. It publishes research articles, short letters, reviews, mission and instrumentation descriptions, datasets, numerical codes, and commentaries. All articles receive DOIs and are published under a CC BY 4.0 license, with authors retaining copyright.

Peer review is coordinated by a newly established international editorial board consisting of the Editor in Chief, 7 editors, and 11 associate editors with a wide range of expertise. Reviews of manuscripts are conducted by expert referees with a choice of single-blind or double-blind review. Review reports and editorial assessments are published alongside accepted papers to promote transparency. Articles are actively promoted to both scientific and public audiences through the journal website and social media channels thanks to a volunteer media team. They are also disseminated in plain language posts in the Planetary Research Blog (https://blog.planetary-research.org), a platform open to the entire community to share announcements, opinion articles, and research summaries.

Article production and hosting are provided by Open Publishing Services (OPUS) at Université Paris Cité. The annual operating costs are estimated at €10,000–30,000, supported through grants and a planned consortium of space agencies and funding bodies.

The journal’s key principles follow those of open science. By eliminating financial barriers and embedding open-science principles in its governance and publication model, Planetary Research aims to democratize access and dissemination of scientific knowledge in the field of planetary science.