Myth-Busting: All Open Access Journals Can Be Listed in DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
From a DOAJ News Service Article:
People think that DOAJ exists to index all open access journals. A journal can only be indexed if it passes all of our criteria.
The Directory of Everything open access would be a wonderful thing but of how much use would it be? DOAJ understands that users want: advice on where to publish; guidance on the reputation and credibility of a journal; peer-reviewed open access content published by quality journals. We serve a community who are interested in finding places to publish or read research for DOAJ-approved journals.
Of course, there are arguments that seeing all the open access research is better than only seeing a selection of it, but for sites which do this, where are the quality filters?
The article goes on to discuss:
- What defines an open access journal anyway?
- DOAJ compared to SCOPUS and Web of Science
See Also: DOAJ FAQs
Filed under: News, Open Access, Patrons and Users
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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