Project Jasper: the story so far
Project JASPER was announced on World Preservation Day in November 2020. The initiative was launched by DOAJ, CLOCKSS, Internet Archive,Continue Reading
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JASPER – preserving open access journals forever
Long-term preservation of research resources is of paramount importance for scholarship. Authors want to ensure their contributions to the scholarlyContinue Reading
Clarification around when a new journal may apply to DOAJ
To add clarity to our criteria of when a new journal may apply to DOAJ, we are adding new guidanceContinue Reading
What does DOAJ define as Open Access?
“Open Access” is a catch-all term covering both Gratis and Libre Open Access. For DOAJ, Open Access is only whenContinue Reading
How to update the information that we have about your journal
When Plan S’ Journal Checker Tool (JCT) launches, some publishers might want to make sure that their journals’ entries inContinue Reading
Helping to archive and preserve open access journals
A recent study by Laakso, Matthias and Jahn looked at the number of journals that had “vanished” from the internet.Continue Reading
Seal criteria and additional criteria for some journal types
Continuing the work of re-writing our website documentation in plain English, we have two more sets of criteria to showContinue Reading
Advice and best practice Application form Author processing charges Copyright and licensing News update
DOAJ’s Basic criteria – updated and rewritten in plain English
We are rewriting our website in plain English so that it is easy for our users, especially publishers, to understandContinue Reading
Provisional ISSNs versus confirmed ISSNs
At DOAJ, we insist that the ISSN for your journal is fully registered and confirmed at the time you submitContinue Reading
India MCI includes DOAJ on the list of medical databases
Blog post by our Managing Editor, Leena Shah. The Medical Council of India (MCI) In one of its recent announcementsContinue Reading
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