This is the fourth post in a series, by our Editor-in-Chief Tom Olijhoek, which focusses on the details of copyright and licensing, how they are applied to works and which options and best practices DOAJ recommends. You can read all 4 installments in this series here. We also have a help page dedicated to Copyright…
In 2016, we published 2 blog posts on copyright and licensing: Part1 and Part 2. In these posts we explained and illustrated that copyright and licensing are two different things linked by the fact that licenses can only be granted by copyright holders. Here is Part 3, a guest post by our Editor-in-Chief, Tom Olijhoek. ————————- In…
Two weeks ago, I published Part 1 in our copyright and licensing series. Here is Part 2, a guest post by our Editor-in-Chief, Tom Olijhoek. [Both of these posts are now available in Croatian, thanks to the fantastic translation efforts of Lovorka Caja, librarian at Rudjer Boskovic Institute and Jadranka Stojanovski, Assistant Professor at University…
Copyright and Licensing. Not always compatible and yet we see these two thrown together in incompatible ways all the time. This is the first of two posts on this subject. In this post, I’ll illustrate DOAJ’s experience in this murky area, showing you the sorts of conundrums we come up against every day in the…
The quarterly update to the DOAJ Guide of Applying is presented by Head of Editorial Matt Hodgkinson: a revised appeals process, a new name for the Quality team/criteria, i.e., Integrity and Ethics, new publishers, and a few wording changes. Updates to the DOAJ guide to applying are released quarterly as of last year. For this…
The quarterly update to the DOAJ Guide of Applying is introduced by Head of Editorial Matt Hodgkinson, revising our position on shared copyright, announcing a new requirement for Subscribe to Open (S2O) journals, and clarifying some wording. As we announced in July, all updates to our guide to applying are being released quarterly. For this…
The quarterly update to the DOAJ Guide of Applying is introduced by Head of Editorial Matt Hodgkinson, clarifying the wording on flipped journals, adding best practices for AI tools, formalising our quality criteria, and allowing for some limited exceptions to OA. As we announced in July, all updates to our guide to applying are being…
Indonesian open access journals serve both academic audiences and broader communities. Ikhwan Arief, DOAJ Ambassador for Indonesia, discusses the rapid growth of open access journals in Indonesia and their inclusion in DOAJ As of March 2025, Indonesia has become the leading contributor to the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), with 2,473 journals indexed, surpassing…
DOAJ has over 100 volunteers who contribute their time and skills to reviewing applications. We are grateful for the work that our volunteers do, as editors and associate editors, supporting Open Access principles at home, in their day-to-day work, and abroad. DOAJ volunteers come from all over the world, from a variety of backgrounds, and…
Today, the DOAJ team is happy to share a significant milestone with our community: the Directory of Open Access Journals now proudly lists 20,000 journals! This achievement is not just a number; it is a testament to our rigorous evaluation process and dedication to ensuring the trustworthiness and quality of scholarly journals in our index….
