DOAJ is seeking input from the community to help understand how much the change log is used #DOAJ #OpenAccess #metadata
Please let us know by answering the short survey.
Details in this blog post
https://blog.doaj.org/2025/07/14/let-us-know-is-it-time-to-retire-the-added-withdrawn-change-log/
Update. Here's a published article making a cluster of false claims about #OpenAccess journals: "In the OA model…costs are…covered by Article Processing Charges (#APCs) paid by the authors (#GoldOA); in relatively rare cases, some funders cover the full costs of a journal (#DiamondOA) to make it free for readers and authors alike."
https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/international-journal-of-public-health/articles/10.3389/ijph.2025.1608614/full
1. It claims that most OA journals charge APCs and that diamond OA journals are rare. But most OA journals do NOT charge APCs and diamond OA journals predominate.
Today the #DOAJ (@DOAJ) lists 21,597 OA journals, of which 13,735 or 63.5% are diamond.
https://doaj.org/
2. It claims that at APC-based OA journals, APCs are (always) paid by authors. But while this tends to be true in the global south, even there it's only a tendency, not a universal truth. In the north, APCs are usually NOT paid by authors but by their funders or employers.
https://suber.pubpub.org/pub/j1jk6hu9
3. There are many ways to fund a diamond or non-APC OA journals, not just by having funders cover their costs.
BTW, this piece is called a "commentary" and might not have been peer-reviewed.
In the rest of the piece, the authors complain about misunderstandings of their journal.
We are very pleased to announce that three new languages of the Open Access Journals Toolkit are now available: Arabic, Portuguese and Spanish.
The Open Access Journals Toolkit is an independent, open and multilingual resource for anyone involved in journal publishing.
#OA Toolkit #OpenAccess #DOAJ #ScholComm #multilingualism
#DOAJ Managing Director Joanna Ball is part of an upcoming webinar to present a new initiative called TSOSI that aims to strengthen the sustainability of #OpenScience infrastructure
16th of June at 4:00 PM CEST
Program: https://blog.tsosi.org/post/2025-05-08-inaugural-webinar/
You might have wondered how many people are behind the scenes at #DOAJ and what they do.
In this blog post, we meet Clara Armengou, Programme Manager
#DOAJTeam #OpenAccess #ScholComm
https://blog.doaj.org/2025/05/22/meet-the-doaj-team-programme-manager-clara-armengou/
Delighted to include the first Sámi language journal in #DOAJ
Sámi dieđalaš áigečála (Sámi Scientific Journal) is a multidisciplinary scientific journal publishing articles on Sámi research
#DiamondOA #OA #IndigenousResearch #ScholComms #sámiallaskuvla #samiuniversity
Die DFG hat zum 1. Mai ein Service Agreement mit dem "Directory of Open Access Journals" #DOAJ geschlossen (int. Verzeichnis qualitätsgesicherter #OpenAccess-Zeitschriften). Damit soll u.a. die Sichtbarkeit von deutschen OA-Zeitschriften verbessert werden, insbes. von Diamond-Open-Access- und DFG-geförderten Zeitschriften.
Das Agreement startet zeitgleich mit der Servicestelle für Diamond Open Access (SeDOA) und sieht eine Zusammenarbeit von SeDOA und DOAJ vor.
https://www.dfg.de/de/aktuelles/neuigkeiten-themen/info-wissenschaft/2025/ifw-25-33
In 2025, DOAJ will spotlight Diamond open access journals that we index, highlighting our ongoing efforts to enhance the visibility and impact of no-fee community-led journals worldwide
As the movement for equitable and inclusive scholarly publishing gains momentum, DOAJ remains a committed advocate and ally for Diamond open access.
#DOAJ #DiamondOA #ScholComm #OpenAccess #DIAMAS #CRAFTOA #ALMASI #OJS
https://blog.doaj.org/2025/04/15/doaj-and-diamond-our-focus-for-2025/
DOAJ and EZB: Working together for more visibility of information on publishing.
A new collaboration will see DOAJ and EZB contribute to greater transparency in scholarly publishing, empowering authors with the information they need to make informed publishing decisions
#DOAJ #metadata #APCs #transparency #ScholComm #OpenAccess
All details at https://blog.doaj.org/2025/04/10/doaj-and-ezb-working-together-for-more-visibility-of-information-on-publishing/
#DOAJ has now introduced labels as a new feature in our metadata.
The first label is Subscribe to Open (S2O).
You can now easily identify the S2O logo in our journal search results and on individual journal pages.
#DOAJ #Metadata #S2O #ScholComm #OpenAccess #AcademicChatter
https://blog.doaj.org/2025/03/21/launch-of-the-subscribe-to-open-s2o-label/
@joshisanonymous
Bracketing the problem of deciding which journals are "prominent", we have a good answer from the Directory of Open Access Journals (#DOAJ, @DOAJ). As of today, it lists 21,452 #OpenAccess journals, of which 13,712 are #DiamondOA or charge no #APCs. Hence. 63.9% (≈ 64%) of DOAJ-listed journals charge no APCs.
#DOAJ is a leading partner in the #ThinkCheckSubmit initiative (thinkchecksubmit.org)
We are delighted to see a blog post by Lorraine Estelle on the IFLA blog about the important work that TCS does in helping authors avoid questionable journals and books:
Hello 2025! A year of opportunities as we expand our team, reestablish #DOAJ in Europe, relaunch our #Ambassador programme and rebuild the heart of our editorial review system
#DOAJ Vacancy - we are now recruiting Ambassadors for West Africa and Brazil
#DOAJ #DOAJAmbassadors #ScholComm #OpenAccess #DOAJVolunteers
#AcademicChatter
https://blog.doaj.org/2025/03/11/vacancy-doaj-ambassadors-for-west-africa-and-brazil/
@josir
Yes, it's been clear for a long time that #DOAJ doesn't include all #DiamondOA journals. Many of us have wished that DOAJ could cover them more comprehensively — or that others would do so.
Do you have examples of those non-DOAJ lists? Did you mean to include one more URLs?
Here are two that used to be more comprehensive. But I haven't used them for years and can't vouch for their current adequacy.
* the Jan Szczepanski list
--at Scribd
https://www.scribd.com/user/9138126/Jan-Szczepanski
--at EBSCO
https://www.ebsco.com/open-for-research/open-access/szczepanski-list
* the Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliotek (EZB) list
https://ezb.ur.de/ezeit/index.phtml?bibid=AAAAA&colors=7%E2%8C%A9=en
Probably there are much more Diamond Journals in the world than the number we imagine.
The bureaucracy involved in adding a journal to the DOAJ is so great that many publishers probably give up on including their journals. They reject an application because of the smallest detail and the worst thing: the editor can only resubmit after 6 months!
The result: people are creating their own list of diamond journals.
On 20th February at 17:00 UTC, @OpenAlex and #DOAJ will give a joint webinar on our collaboration and how we help quality #openaccess journals achieve greater visibility and impact.
Find out more about the #OpenAlex webinar series:
https://help.openalex.org/hc/en-us/articles/24428492324631-Webinars
Register for the event here:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QJTQwt1bQJmict1YftlpGA#/registration
It's Friday, and it's time for #DOAJ in numbers:
We index 21,315 #openaccess #journals from 136 countries and in 89 languages.
13,701 of those journals don't charge *any fees at all*.
We index 10,762,762 article records.
We are the most inclusive and diverse index of quality-controlled #OA journals in the world.
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