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Celebrating 20,000 journals in DOAJ: the value (and cost) of maintaining trust in scholarly publishing

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….

Twenty years supporting open, global and trusted research

It’s our birthday! Today marks 20 years since the Directory of Open Access Journals started our two-decade journey – building and maintaining trust in quality open access journals – a mission that is as relevant now as it was then.  DOAJ was launched in the wake of the Budapest Open Access Initiative of 2002, with…

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Revised principles of transparency and best practice released

September 15, 2022 – Revised Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing  have been released by four key scholarly publishing organizations today. These guiding principles are intended as a foundation for best practice in scholarly publishing to help existing and new journals reach the best possible standards. The fourth edition of the Principles…

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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 understand what is required for a good quality and complete application. These are first steps to us: becoming even more open and transparent; offering a greatly improved user experience for a new application form;  starting a…

What’s in a “NAME”? A study of African and Arab journals in the DOAJ

This is a guest post by Souheil Houissa, editor of the North Africa & Middle East (NAME) group, and long-serving DOAJ volunteer. He wrote the article in February 2020 so the statistics are historical. (As of today, the group has processed 536 applications.) However, the general conclusions drawn throughout the article are still valid. Journal…