{"id":7856,"date":"2026-04-27T07:36:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T07:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.doaj.org\/?p=7856"},"modified":"2026-04-27T09:40:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T09:40:49","slug":"a-new-step-toward-making-applications-more-accessible-to-francophone-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.doaj.org\/de\/2026\/04\/27\/a-new-step-toward-making-applications-more-accessible-to-francophone-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"A new step toward making applications more accessible to Francophone communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Our application form is now available in French!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This development is part of a long-term collaboration with Francophone communities and local open access stakeholders, notably <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erudit.org\/en\/\">\u00c9rudit<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.doaj.org\/de\/2020\/05\/26\/un-partenariat-entre-erudit-et-doaj-vers-une-meilleure-visibilite-et-une-plus-grande-decouvrabilite-pour-les-revues-savantes-francophones-et-bilingues\/\">since 2020<\/a>) and Mir@bel, through the <a href=\"https:\/\/reseau-mirabel.info\/site\/page\/mirabel2022\">Mir@bel2022<\/a> project (2022\u20132025), which strengthens the indexing and international visibility of French scientific journals. It also relies on our multilingual collaborations with <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.doaj.org\/de\/2024\/08\/27\/collaboration-between-research4life-doaj-and-assaf-addressing-the-needs-of-french-speaking-researchers-in-africa\/\">Research4Life<\/a>, particularly in French, through exchanges and webinars designed to meet the support needs of research communities in different languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These partnerships have led to concrete progress: the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.doaj.org\/fr\/2020\/05\/26\/un-partenariat-entre-erudit-et-doaj-vers-une-meilleure-visibilite-et-une-plus-grande-decouvrabilite-pour-les-revues-savantes-francophones-et-bilingues\/\">translation of key resources<\/a> into French, including the Guide to applying (in collaboration with \u00c9rudit), as well as the organization of training sessions and webinars dedicated to DOAJ in French. Thanks to DOAJ&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.doaj.org\/de\/2026\/03\/03\/doajs-new-premium-metadata-services\/\">premium metadata service<\/a>, Mir@bel accesses detailed data daily, which allows for closer monitoring of <a href=\"https:\/\/reseau-mirabel.info\/site\/page\/visualisations_DOAJ_France\">the evolution of French journal indexing in DOAJ<\/a> and improvement of metadata quality through joint curation work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, this dynamic reaches a new milestone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a new application form in French, DOAJ now offers a simple but important choice: users can submit their application in English or French. This evolution directly facilitates access to the indexing process for Francophone communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its implementation required significant development and technical coordination to integrate the translations and ensure a consistent experience across the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In line with our <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.doaj.org\/de\/2026\/01\/20\/introducing-doajs-2026-2028-strategy-built-with-our-community-for-our-community\/\">goal of making the DOAJ application more accessible<\/a> and more equitable, we are concretely strengthening the openness of the application process to Francophone communities.<\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image7856_3e7df7-ab .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image7856_3e7df7-ab\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium_large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.doaj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DOAJ_logo-black-slogan-whitespace-768x210.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-7861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.doaj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DOAJ_logo-black-slogan-whitespace-768x210.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.doaj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DOAJ_logo-black-slogan-whitespace-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.doaj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DOAJ_logo-black-slogan-whitespace-1024x280.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.doaj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DOAJ_logo-black-slogan-whitespace-1536x420.png 1536w, https:\/\/blog.doaj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DOAJ_logo-black-slogan-whitespace-2048x560.png 2048w, https:\/\/blog.doaj.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/DOAJ_logo-black-slogan-whitespace-18x5.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our application form is now available in French! 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