Indexing your Journal

Indexing your journal in the Directory of Open Access Journals is a great way to increase the accessibility and credibility of your journal.

• This repository of Journals and articles can be easily searched for keywords;
• The rigorous set of standards required by the DOAJ has the benefit of credibility, which is always important for scholars and researchers;
• Open Access publication funds often require DOAJ indexing to release funding for a given project.

Please find the Link to the DOAJ Application to submit one for your journal.

OJS also has a helpful reference for this in their Getting Found: Building Visibility - please find a link to Appendix 1: DOAJ Application Guide for OJS Journals

• The application for the DOAJ is undergoing an upgrade in Q2 of 2020, please refer to a March 9th 2020 article detailing the planned changes to the application form.
• The current application consists of 58 questions with the following sections:
  • Basic Journal Information
  • Quality and Transparency of the Editorial Process
  • How Open is the Journal?
  • Content Licensing
  • Copyright and Permissions
  • The Qualifiers for the DOAJ Seal
  • Editorial Manager details