Directory of Open Access Journals

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, 18% of which comes from sponsors and 82% 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.

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Turkish and Chinese speakers needed

DOAJ uses a network of 100 skilled, voluntary Associate Editors and Editors who spend a few hours a week processing new journal applications for us. We are looking for new volunteers who speak either Turkish or Chinese. You do not have to be a native speaker. You must be able to write and speak English. […] Read More...

Published Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 12:09

Myth-busting: article content will appear in DOAJ once a journal is accepted for indexing

This is a myth. Unlike some other indexing services, if a journal is accepted into DOAJ, we won’t automatically go and collect published content. Publishers have to send the content to us, either via our API or as XML. Getting a journal accepted into DOAJ is a great feeling and it ensures that the metadata […] Read More...

Published Thu, 06 Aug 2020 at 11:55

Here is why you should apply for your open access journal to be indexed in DOAJ.

At DOAJ, we index and promote the value of quality, peer-reviewed open access journals. By reviewing journals according to a set of criteria, and helping journals to meet those criteria, we set the international standard for open access. The data that we collect is incorporated into discovery systems all over the world. The steady growth […] Read More...

Published Mon, 03 Aug 2020 at 07:31