Know about DOAJ

KNOW ABOUT DOAJ

Vrushali Dandawate Librarian, AISSMS College of Engineering

DOAJ Ambassador Indiavsdandawate@aissmscoe.com, vrushali@doaj.org

Know about DOAJ

A history of DOAJHow is DOAJ funded?How is it organised?Why is DOAJ important?

• Founded 2003 at Lund University – launched May 2003 with 300 journals

• Funded by initial one-off grants - membership and sponsor funding model introduced 2006.A history of DOAJ

• Since 2013 operated by Infrastructure Services for Open Access IS4OA (www.is4oa.org)

• A not-for-profit community interest company registered in the UK– Articles of association states that– - activities should benefit research– - cannot be sold to private companies!

• Governance– Advisory Board – no influence, but providing advice – OA-advocates,

publishers and library directors• Organization

– Managing Director – Lars– Community Manager – Dominic– Editor-in-Chief – Tom

• Managing Editors and Publication Specialists – Sonja, Rikard, Alejandra & Judith• Editor Groups (based on language areas) based on voluntary – non-paid work

– (currently groups of Editors & Associate Editors• DOAJ Ambassadors!!

• The importance of DOAJ to the various stakeholders• Researchers as authors– Identify good publishing channels for publishing in OA– Comply with OA-policies & mandates

• Librarians/Libraries– Provide access to lots of OA-content easily– Enabling librarians to provide advice to researchers– Determine eligibility for APC- support from OA-

publication funds

• The importance of DOAJ to the various stakeholders (contd)

• Universities, Research Institutions, Research Funders, Governments– Determining compliance with OA-policies and mandates– Monitor OA-publication output– Determine eligibility for APC-support– Identifying quality OA-journals to count in Research Assessment

Systems

• The importance of DOAJ to the various stakeholders (contd)• Publishers

– Increased traffic, visibility & impact – Increased number of submissions – Certification & prestige

• Inclusion in accreditation lists of research funders and governments– Eligibility for support from OA-publication funds

• Service Providers (Aggregators, Databases and Search Engines)– Harvesting article metadata records for inclusion in services,

databases, indexes etc.

Introduction of DOAJ by Dominic Mitchell, Community Manager, DOAJ

Criteria for Inclusion of Journal in DOAJ Database

https://doaj.org/

Publisher/EditorApplies

1. Reject2. Approve

3. Approve & Seal

Feedback toPublisher/Editor

DOAJ Main EditorFinal Decision

DOAJ Main EditorAssess/ISSN

DOAJ AmbassadorEvaluates &

Recommends

Evaluated

DOAJ Seal

Defining a High Quality OA Journal

• No access charges for readers/institutions (users)• Users are free to “read, download, copy, distribute,print, search, or link to the full texts of articlespublished in the journal, or use them for any other

lawful purpose" (See http://www.budapestopenaccessinitiative.org/read)

• User cite/reference original source as always• Peer-reviewed scholarly research articles as always

• Highly transparent, clear policies• Licensing terms (CCL) & Copyright clear

Journals included in the DOAJ (1)

• Full Open Access (OA) (not Hybrid), peer reviewed• One third scientific/scholarly publishing full text,original research/review papers

• All disciplines/subjects• Sources: academic, societies, government,commercial, non-profit, private

• Level: researchers• All languages (also where more than one applies)

Journals included in the DOAJ (2)

• No embargo, full text immediately accessible withoutbarriers

• Print version can be made available at a fee• Adhere to Principles of Transparency and BestPractice Guidelines as far as possibleSee https://doaj.org/bestpractice

Introduction of DOAJ Ambassadors

DOAJ Ambassador Introduction Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IsPuOBfnbE