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DOAJ, Independence and the Importance of Impartiality

DOAJ receives regularly questions and, sometimes, complaints from libraries, library consortia and other academic institutions about the role which publishers—by “publishers” I mean the traditional publishing organisations in academic publishing—play in DOAJ. A common misconception is that DOAJ is owned by, or wholly subsidised by these organisations and that DOAJ is only of benefit to…

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Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing, version 3

The 3rd version of the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing is published today. Introduction The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), and the World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) are scholarly organizations that have seen an increase in…

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All pages in our Guide to applying are now available in French

We are delighted to share with our community, particularly those in La Francophonie, that our long-term partner Érudit, with the help of members from Mir@bel, has translated and published in French all the pages from the ‘Guide to applying’ section on doaj.org. The following pages are now available in French: DOAJ is actively engaged in…

The story behind the journal: Student Success

The story behind the journal: Student Success

Student Successis an open access journal based in Australia published by and supported by the STARS Conference and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Library. As part of our ‘Story behind the journal’ series, DOAJ spoke with the Managing Editor, Tracy Creagh. Tell us about the Student Success journal and your role within the journal The…

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Volunteering for DOAJ as an Associate Editor

This is a guest post by our Associate Editor Sofia Fagiolo. Sofia Fagiolo is a librarian with experience in cataloging and archives and a keen interest in scholarlycommunication and open access. Recently, she has worked at the Campus Bio-Medico University ofRome. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Archival and Library Science and a Master’s degree…

Designing for better accessibility in open access scholarly publishing

This is a guest post by Sophy, our UX Designer. Accessibility has always been a top priority in doaj.org’s redesign project, along with improving: user experience, navigation, and responsiveness on various devices, browsers, and operating systems. We approached the project with the idea that accessibility, as opposed to branding and visual design, is foundational to…