Directory of Open Access Journals

Directory of Open Access Journals: Comprehensive Online Directory for High Quality Open Access Scientific Journals

The Directory of Open Access Journals is an online directory that provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. It aims to be comprehensive and cover all open access scientific and scholarly journals that use an appropriate quality control system.

What is Directory of Open Access Journals?

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is an online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. It aims to be the starting point for all researchers looking for open access, peer reviewed journals to submit to or find research from.

The DOAJ was launched in 2003 with 300 open access journals. As of 2022, over 16,000 open access journals covering all areas of science, technology, medicine, social science and humanities are included. All journals indexed in the directory adhere to DOAJ's publishing best practices, including peer review, open licensing, machine readability, and transparency.

Key features and aims of the DOAJ:

• Comprehensive and multidisciplinary coverage - includes journals from over 130 countries in multiple languages and covering all academic fields.
• Quality control - All journals included are checked to ensure they meet the DOAJ definition of open access and additional publishing best practice criteria.
• Discoverability - Increasing the visibility, usage and impact of quality open access journals.
• Community-curated - Publishers, editors, societies and other stakeholders can suggest new journals for inclusion.
• Preservation - Committed to long term preservation of open access journal content.

The DOAJ is maintained by Infrastructure Services for Open Access C.I.C. It is an independent, community-curated online directory that is free to use for all.

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