The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) will remove approximately 3300 journals for failure to submit a valid reapplication before the communicated deadline. The deadline was extended twice to allow more time for reapplications. This batch removal is another step in DOAJ’s two year long project to increase the value and accuracy of the information provided in it.
The reapplication process is a necessary step towards ensuring that all journals in DOAJ (of which there were about 10000) met the higher criteria for indexing that DOAJ launched in March 2014. The criteria were produced as a response to the maturing open access arena, the greater demands made on open access publishing by questionable journals and publishers, and to retain DOAJ’s relevancy and importance in open access publishing.
Some journals have been in DOAJ since 2003 and have never refreshed their information. Over 5000 journals have already submitted their reapplication. Many reapplications have been accepted back into DOAJ.
Removed journals are welcome to submit a new application to DOAJ at any time. They will be placed in the queue along with other applications. When a journal is removed from DOAJ, any article metadata will also become unavailable. This is standard functionality.
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