{"id":2411,"date":"2020-03-09T09:05:24","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T08:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.doaj.org\/?p=2411"},"modified":"2020-03-09T09:05:24","modified_gmt":"2020-03-09T08:05:24","slug":"our-application-form-is-changing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.doaj.org\/ar\/2020\/03\/09\/our-application-form-is-changing\/","title":{"rendered":"Our application form is changing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

The editorial team and our UX designer have carefully reviewed each question using the following criteria:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Is the question needed to determine a journal\u2019s inclusion in DOAJ?<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Does the question text ask exactly what we mean to ask?<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Does the question’s functionality allow for the correct answers to be collected?<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Is the question redundant after the functional upgrade?<\/li>\n
  5. Can the question text be reduced, simplified, made clearer in the context of the new UI?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The editorial team then considered if other questions needed to be added to the form. We will be adding three new questions, (none of which are part of the Basic Criteria for inclusion):<\/span><\/p>\n