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 been indexing Diamond journals since its launch in 2003. This blog...| DOAJ Blog
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.| DOAJ Blog
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Ramazan Turgut, DOAJ Ambassador and Managing Editor for Türkiye, provides an analysis of Türkiye’s open access landscape, highlighting critical infrastructure, strengths, and challenges. Ramazan also proposes actionable recommendations to enhance sustainability and international visibility.| DOAJ Blog
We are delighted to announce that FCCN, the unit of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) responsible for digital services for the research community, will contribute to supporting DOAJ’s mission in Portugal. Portugal has a growing Diamond open access publishing landscape, with many journals run by universities and research organisations. The support from...| DOAJ Blog
DOAJ is pleased to announce a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Co., Ltd. (CNPIEC) to establish a joint DOAJ China Open Access Journal Pre-evaluation Working Group. The purpose of this working group is to provide greater support to Chinese journals and to promote the inclusion of...| DOAJ Blog
As we recognise Peer Review Week 2025 (15-19 September), Head of Editorial Matt Hodgkinson speaks to this year’s theme, ‘Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era’ and how artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape peer review and the wider scholarly publishing landscape. There’s something about automated tools, and in particular generative artificial intelligence (AI), that...| DOAJ Blog
DOAJ and Latindex are pleased to announce a new partnership which will enhance the discoverability of Ibero-American journals, mostly published in Spanish and Portuguese.| DOAJ Blog
DOAJ operates without grant funding, relying on ongoing and collective community support to ensure open access research remains visible, discoverable, and trusted worldwide. In this post, Managing Director Joanna Ball provides a fundraising and collaboration update for 2025. At DOAJ, sustainability isn’t just a strategic priority, it’s a daily concern. As a small team running...| DOAJ Blog
We are looking for a German-speaking freelance (up to 20 hours per week) Editorial Contractor to support our partnership with the new German Diamond Service Centre. Applications will close 12:00 UTC on Friday 26th September 2025. About DOAJ DOAJ offers free online access and visibility to the thousands of publishers, journals and authors who produce...| DOAJ Blog
Are you passionate about open access? Are you a driven individual who can assume responsibility for the sustainability and development of the most diverse and accessible index of quality open access journals in the world? Do you want to work in an inclusive and open organisation and become a new member of the DOAJ Family? Join DOAJ as our new Platform Manager, where you will work closely with our technical partners to ensure that doaj.org advances our mission. Applications will close 12:00 UT...| DOAJ Blog
In this guest post, Donna Coventry and Luqman Hayes discuss the value of Tuwhera, an open access platform supported by Research Services and Digital Development teams at Te Mātāpuna Library & Learning Services at AUT (Auckland University of Technology) in Aotearoa, New Zealand.| DOAJ Blog
You might have wondered how many people are behind the scenes at DOAJ and what they do. This blog post series will offer our community an opportunity to meet several of our team members and learn more about their roles and responsibilities. In this blog post, we will meet Matt Hodgkinson, Head of Editorial.| DOAJ Blog
Throughout 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.| DOAJ Blog
