The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) represents a very important resource for researchers seeking to publish in or peruse OA journals. It contains a directory including 3686 OA journals and 211516 OA articles according to its home page.
DOAJ is especially helpful to authors with limited funds as they search out OA options that do not require publication fees which sometimes fall beyond their limited means. The DOAJ For authors page allows prospective OA contributors to search out journals based on field and whether or not publication entails a fee.
By centralizing all of the OA journal information, DOAJ allows researchers dependent upon OA papers to quickly and effectively search through 1263 OA journals with the Find articles engine by keyword. With this streamlined approach, OA researchers can avoid wasting time being turned away by incessant payment pages.
The directory also seeks to ensure that the reader can attain a quality piece of OA work through two primary requirements delineated in the About page:1) the paper must satisfy the OA definition promulgated here, 2) the journals must exercise quality control through either peer review or editorial selection. Overall, the DOAJ is an invaluable resource for OA authors and readers around the world.
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