Open access scientific journals: an analysis of the DOAJ catalogue

« (…) By requiring open access immediately available upon publication, the DOAJ emerges as an essential voice in discussions of modalities of access, particularly in what pertains to hybrid journals or articles with embargo periods, establishing the very scope of the definition of open access. An analysis of the set of journals with international criteria that are selected and accepted thus allows us to discuss how science is communicated, according to agreements and rules, and with interoperability and accessibility for the development of science. (…) »