DOAJ is a community-led organisation, and relies on ongoing and collective community support to ensure our sustainability. Our services are an important part of many processes and operations worldwide. Our data is used for teaching, research and tools and systems. We are also recognised within policy frameworks, and provide quality assurance to those who publish…
In our latest journal story, we interviewed Md. Shahin Parvez, founder of Scholar Cave and Managing Editor of the International Social Research Nexus (ISRN). Shahin shares the story behind building a social science journal in Bangladesh from the ground up, without institutional backing, and the challenges of establishing credibility as a new open access publication….
Closing date: 12:00 UTC, Friday 11 September 2026 6-month appointment, with possibility for renewal Do you enjoy building relationships and advocating for open access? Would you like to work with libraries and library consortia to support sustainable open scholarly infrastructure? Join DOAJ as our Library Engagement Manager and support our efforts to build a sustainable…
We are very pleased to announce the recipients of the DOAJ Open Access Engagement Asia Award. The DOAJ Open Access Engagement Asia Award aims to support initiatives that promote awareness of open access and DOAJ. The award also encourages better understanding of quality standards used by DOAJ. Through this initiative, selected institutions receive small awards…
Jules Luck, an Accessibility and Production Specialist at Penn State University Libraries, utilises the OA Journals Toolkit as an essential resource for managing their portfolio of open access journals. Jules highlights the Toolkit’s accessibility remediation section as particularly impactful and discusses the importance of collaborative efforts to build such community-driven open scholarship resources. Tell us…
Closing date: 12:00 UTC, Friday 28 August 2026 Do you enjoy bringing structure to complex work, improving how organisations operate and helping colleagues succeed? Are you motivated by using your organisational, people and problem-solving skills to support a global mission? Join DOAJ as our Operations Manager, and play a key role in ensuring that one…
DOAJ provides a unique, openly available set of journal metadata that supports the global research community. As Dominic Mitchell and Katrine Sundsbø note, its strength lies in its community-driven approach and relies on publishers, editors, and users maintaining accuracy by updating records or reporting errors. Without journal metadata, DOAJ wouldn’t be anything. Without publishers applying…
You might have wondered how many people are behind the scenes at DOAJ and what they do. This blog post series will offer our community an opportunity to meet several of our team members and learn more about their roles and responsibilities. In this blog post, we meet Leena Shah, Editorial Programme Manager. Hello Leena!…
The ISSN International Centre and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) are pleased to announce the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding, reinforcing our collaboration to improve metadata exchange, interoperability and the visibility of open access scholarly resources. Under this new agreement, our organisations will continue to: Since the launch of DOAJ in…
During June 2026, DOAJ celebrates ten years of the Ambassador Programme. In this very special post, Ambassador for Southern Africa Ina Smith reflects on her DOAJ journey. As I write tonight, I want to admit that this is deeply personal and emotional. My heart aches when I think of the history of our country, South…
