DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. DOAJ is independent. All funding is via donations, 40% of which comes from sponsors and 60% from members and publisher members. All DOAJ services are free of charge including being indexed in DOAJ. All data is freely available.
DOAJ operates an education and outreach program across the globe, focussing on improving the quality of applications submitted.
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When we reject an application, the rejection email contains details about why the application was not successful and usually tells applicants that they must wait 6 months before submitting another application for the same journal to us. Why do we do this? One reason is that it is an attempt to discourage repeat applications, made […] Read More...
Published Mon, 08 Apr 2019 at 07:05“We’re going to a hackathon and would love to work with DOAJ’s data! Do you have a dump of all DOAJ data?” “Er, no. Sorry. I mean, we could get it for you but it will take a while. You could probably get it yourself if you know how to extract the JSON… When do […] Read More...
Published Fri, 05 Apr 2019 at 08:32Dr Xenia van Edig, Business Development, answers our questions. -Your organisation has been supporting DOAJ for a few years now. Why is it important for Digital Science to support DOAJ? As an information hub for all those interested in high-quality peer-reviewed open-access journals, the DOAJ is an extremely important platform. It is independent and committed […] Read More...
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