http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/089986e7cd09bbc5 https://verfassungsblog.de/verfassungsblog-doaj-scholarly-standards/ Access Denied - Verfassungsblog, DOAJ, and the Meaning of “Scholarly” Dalkilic, Evin eng 2025-06-13 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 DOAJ Diamond OA Diamond OA funding Open Access bibliodiversity Open Access Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In January 2025, we were notified that Verfassungsblog had been removed from the DOAJ, our subsequent appeal was rejected. We want to take this as an opportunity and initiate a debate about standards, formats, and diversity of the Diamond OA publishing community. As a first step, DOAJ has kindly permitted us to publish our appeal as well as their appeals decision so that our community and partners are able to follow the respective reasonings.