DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)

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• OAI-PMH
• Atom
• OpenURL
• JSON
• REST
• CSV (KBART planned)
• Crossref XML
• WCAG 2.0

• Plan S Journal Checker Tool
• ISSN Portal
• ISSN ROAD
• ISSN Keepers
• Sherpa/Romeo
• Crossref API
• PKP's OJS plugins
• Chronos Hub
• Lens
• OA.Works
• B!SON
• Journal Finder Tool
• Unpaywall
• OpenAlex
• EBSCO discovery
• Dimensions
• Clarivate/Proquest suite of products
• OCLC
• Google Scholar

We have a network of over 100 volunteers who review applications. We have regional representation through our Ambassador network. Some of our volunteers and ambassadors have been with us for more than 10 years.

We have a dedicated community engagement role to ensure that we are in touch with the large number of stakeholder groups that use and rely upon DOAJ. When we move to our new governance structure, we will establish a stakeholder council.

Our strategy states we will advocate for equity and diversity in global open access journal publishing. To do that, we engage with journal platforms and representative groups from around the world, e.g., the Chinese Academy of Science, KISTI in South Korea, J-STAGE in Japan, Publicera in Sweden, Scielo in Latin America, and more.

DOAJ conducted a POSI self-audit in 2022: https://blog.doaj.org/2022/10/06/doaj-commits-to-the-principles-of-open-scholarly-infrastructure-posi/ and is an active member of the POSI Working Group.

DOAJ participated in the pilot for the FOREST framework: https://educopia.org/a-cohort-based-pilot-of-the-forest-framework/ and is considering a full framework review.

DOAJ is a signatory and active proponent of the Helsinki Initiative on Multilingualism.

DOAJ is an independent, non-profit organisation managed by Infrastructure Services for Open Access C.I.C. (IS4OA), a community interest company registered in the United Kingdom and with a branch in Denmark. DOAJ has an Advisory Board and Council, the members of which carry out their duties voluntarily.

On 12th May 2003, DOAJ was launched by Lars Bjørnshauge. It was run as a service of Lund University Libraries.

DOAJ grew over the years and in 2013, it moved to become an independent service managed by IS4OA CIC of which Lars is a director.

In 2022, IS4OA created a Danish branch to ease an eventual transition of DOAJ out of post-Brexit UK. In 2023, DOAJ hopes to be fully registered as a Foundation in Denmark.

Developing enhanced support for diamond journals, including:

• preservation,
• enhanced visibility
• guidance and help for publishers and editors

Global support for journal publishers and editors through:

• an extended Ambassador program
• the appointment of regional co-ordinators
• new solutions for multilingual metadata and website

Investment in our technical infrastructure to:

• use machine learning to automate processes and enable our team to focus on high-value activities.
• develop our capabilities to ingest articles from journals instead of relying on journal staff to send content to us.

Strengthen DOAJ’s coverage of trusted journals significantly by supporting integrations and collaboration with global indexes, e.g. Redalyc, Scielo, Latindex, to enhance the visibility of trusted OA globally through library discovery systems and other tools.