petersuber on Nostr: The Directory of Open Access Journals (nprofile1q…9xfuh, #DOAJ) will retire its ...
The Directory of Open Access Journals (nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqa67egt23z7qkdclaq86ny4pzygze5j6tph8vslm64xfpe5ufd7yqk9xfuh (nprofile…xfuh), #DOAJ) will retire its Seal by the end of March 2025.
https://blog.doaj.org/2025/01/08/results-of-our-community-consultation-forthcoming-changes-to-our-metadata-part-ii/
"By 2015 [one year after launch], it had become apparent that the Seal was…causing confusion. We heard of publishers and editors who didn’t want to submit a journal application until their journal was compliant for the Seal. Furthermore, we had unintentionally created a journal ranking system, which goes against our mission of giving equal visibility to all journals regardless of discipline, geography and language. Over time, due to the nature of the criteria, it became clear the Seal was easier to achieve for better-resourced journals…[Our] survey showed that the community associates the Seal with high editorial quality and prestige and some even use the Seal as a yardstick of whether they should access or recommend the journal or not."
Here's the current page on the DOAJ Seal.
https://doaj.org/apply/seal/
PS: I welcomed the introduction of the Seal in 2014 and accept its retirement. The DOAJ argument is strong. But the seven criteria for earning the seal remain a good short list of best practices for #OpenAccess journal publishing.
#ScholComm
https://blog.doaj.org/2025/01/08/results-of-our-community-consultation-forthcoming-changes-to-our-metadata-part-ii/
"By 2015 [one year after launch], it had become apparent that the Seal was…causing confusion. We heard of publishers and editors who didn’t want to submit a journal application until their journal was compliant for the Seal. Furthermore, we had unintentionally created a journal ranking system, which goes against our mission of giving equal visibility to all journals regardless of discipline, geography and language. Over time, due to the nature of the criteria, it became clear the Seal was easier to achieve for better-resourced journals…[Our] survey showed that the community associates the Seal with high editorial quality and prestige and some even use the Seal as a yardstick of whether they should access or recommend the journal or not."
Here's the current page on the DOAJ Seal.
https://doaj.org/apply/seal/
PS: I welcomed the introduction of the Seal in 2014 and accept its retirement. The DOAJ argument is strong. But the seven criteria for earning the seal remain a good short list of best practices for #OpenAccess journal publishing.
#ScholComm