The DOAJ Annual Highlights 2025 cover a range of updates from DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals), including a year in review from Managing Director, Joanna Ball, highlighted data on our applications and journals, as well as a view into some of the projects and outreach work that has been…
« DOAJ exists to serve the global open access community. Our strategy needs to do the same, and respond to real needs and reflect shared values. Our Managing Director, Joanna Ball, shares DOAJ’s new strategy for 2026-2028, which sets our direction for the coming years and builds on what we have…
« Our community-driven data has long supported research into open access publishing trends. By providing open, downloadable historical datasets under CC BY licenses, we aim to promote transparency, good data practices, and meaningful contributions to scholarly communication. (…) »
« DOAJ is a partner in the European project CRAFT-OA, which aims to make the European Diamond Open Access landscape more resilient by centralising expertise and collaboration, and by offering greater visibility to Diamond Open Access (OA) journals through the Diamond Discovery Hub. DOAJ has…
« Version 2.0 of the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure was released this month. DOAJ is pleased to announce its recommitment to the Principles, approved by the Foundation Board at its meeting in October 2025. (…) »
« At DOAJ, sustainability isn’t just a strategic priority, it’s a daily concern. As a small team running a global service, we operate without grant funding, relying instead on collective investment from our community. Continuing our transparent approach to posting our finances publicly, and following the POSI principles, the latest
« This guest blog post by Li Bo offers a librarian’s perspective on the core role of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) in academic work, including discovering, accessing, and analyzing high-quality open access journals, as well as its practical applications in journal selection, data analysis, and promoting open science.…
« This case study explores the role of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) in increasing the visibility and accessibility of Ukrainian academic journals. Ukrainian journals face numerous challenges due to economic constraints and the ongoing war. The article presents how open infrastructures play an important role in supporting journals…
« We’re pleased to announce that DOAJ has signed a three-year service agreement with the German Research Foundation (DFG). This partnership will focus on raising the visibility of German open access journals, particularly diamond journals and those funded by the DFG. (…) »
