DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. DOAJ is independent. All funding is via donations, 22% of which comes from sponsors and 78% from members and publisher members. All DOAJ services are free of charge including being indexed in DOAJ. All data is freely available.
DOAJ operates an education and outreach program across the globe, focussing on improving the quality of applications submitted.
Latest News
As with most organisations, COVID-19 is having an effect on DOAJ. Although we are an organisation without physical offices (virtual, already remote-working and Cloud-based), our team members and volunteers are all affected in real ways. This means that we may take longer than usual to process applications. Many applications are processed in under 3 months […] Read More...
Published Wed, 01 Apr 2020 at 06:37The DOAJ is changing its application form. This means that there will be downstream implications across all of our metadata output channels, including the API. A new version of the API will be released in Q3 2020. This new version will not be fully backwards compatible. Those of you submitting applications via the API, or who […] Read More...
Published Wed, 18 Mar 2020 at 15:05The current application form is now 6 years’ old. It is very long. It needs an upgrade in terms of functionality and its content needs a review. A new form will go live in Q2 2020. The editorial team and our UX designer have carefully reviewed each question using the following criteria: Is the question […] Read More...
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