Open AccessUPDATES ON INFORMATION REGARDING THE DIRECTORY OF OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS PLATFORM MAY INCREASE ITS RELIABILITY
Author(s) -
Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
central asian journal of medical hypotheses and ethics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2708-9800
DOI - 10.47316/cajmhe.2021.2.3.05
Subject(s) - directory , computer science , publication , publishing , world wide web , business , political science , operating system , advertising , law
The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a leading whitelist of open access journals (OAJs), that is, OAJs that are presumably safe to publish in, or scholarly, because they follow best practices established by COPE/DOAJ/OASPA/WAME. Academics rely on the DOAJ to select OAJs of choice, and filter for particular needs, for example, English-only or no article processing charges. A search of DOAJ-indexed OAJs publishing work on ornamental research identified five OAJs, but 60% of them had incorrect and thus misleading information. The ‘last update’ of all five OAJs were outdated. The DOAJ must ensure that indexed OAJs have updated information. The Editors of OAJs also bear responsibility.