UPDATED: 25th May 2016 We have now broken out the APC facet on the web site to show 3 categories: No information: journals for which we have received a reapplication which has yet to be processed. This is the majority of the journals in DOAJ. As we process these reapplications and accept them, this figure…
All of our new site upgrades were successfully rolled out to the site last Wednesday. We’d like to hear what you think of the upgrades! A few comments about what you will see now on the site: I mentioned that we will need some time for the data to settle. The site displays the new…
Earlier this month I wrote about the twelve developments that we were working on. These are now ready to be released to the live site this week and we will be making the upgrade between Tuesday (21st April) evening and Wednesday (22nd April) morning British Summer Time (GMT+1). During this time, we will switch off…
If the SPARC piece we recently featured in didn’t give you a good idea into the amount of work that we’re undertaking to improve DOAJ—and ultimately the overall quality of open access publishing—then this [incomplete] list of our developments for 2015 should provide you with a fuller picture. We’re coming to the end of a…
DOAJ’s managing director, Lars Bjørnshauge, has been interviewed by SPARC about DOAJ’s enhanced application form and raising the quality bar in open access publishing. The post, published today, highlights how effectively the new form is providing a much-needed filter against questionable, unethical and non-transparent publishing practices. Combined with OASPA’s efforts, the form is an important…
There has been a lot of focus in research on author processing charges (APCs) and submission charges, particularly in the last 16 months or so and DOAJ data is often used as a basis of that research. Heather Morrison’s recent article in Publications and Walt Crawford’s research published in Cites and Insights are two very…
The Reapplication process opens next week! In preparation, we’d like those of you who have journals indexed in DOAJ to verify that all the correct journals appear in your account when you log in. It’s a 3 step process: Log in to your Publisher Area Check the list of journals under the ‘Your Journals’ tab…
We would like to thank all of you for what has turned out to be a wonderful and successful year for DOAJ: we launched our advanced application form and created our network of voluntary Associate Editors and Editors who help us process reapplications and new applications. The DOAJ Team is particularly grateful this year to…
Since we opened our new application form on 19th March 2014, 187 new journals have been accepted into the DOAJ. All 187 journals meet the new and extended DOAJ criteria, as required by the new application form. 13 applications have been rejected outright and a further 127 applications are pending further information or clarification from…
Our new network to support our crowdsourcing project has gone live which means that our volunteers of Editors and Associate Editors can now start work! This is an exciting and extremely important step for DOAJ. Although there are no visible changes to the site itself, behind the scenes we have implemented a whole new piece…
