[GOAL] DOAJ to add Crossref compatibility

2020-02-12 Thread Dominic Mitchell
>From 18th February 2020, DOAJ will accept Crossref XML as well as DOAJ formatted XML: https://blog.doaj.org/2020/02/12/doaj-to-add-crossref-compatibility/ -- Best wishes Dom Mitchell DOAJ Operations Manager ___ GOAL mailing list GOAL@e

[GOAL] Big changes in the DOAJ metadata catalogue

2017-09-25 Thread Dominic Mitchell
We've just published a blog post explaining why the DOAJ metadata has changed and therefore why the DOAJ metadata in some discovery services may now be out of date: 'Parts of DOAJ metadata in my catalogue/discovery service/a-z list have changed, are out-of-date or are missing completely. Why? ...

[GOAL] DOAJ: now with added PLoS

2016-06-17 Thread Dominic Mitchell
Greetings! I wanted to alert you to a significant development: yesterday DOAJ completed ingesting the article metadata of 182,500 PLoS articles. This is the first time that DOAJ has had all of PLoS metadata in it and it greatly enhances DOAJ's offering and relevancy in the open access space. This

[GOAL] DOAJ Reapplications are now open

2015-06-23 Thread Dominic Mitchell
=== DOAJ Reapplications are now open. === It is time to submit your reapplication(s) to DOAJ. The system is now open for all publishers with 10 or less journals in DOAJ. Get started here: http://bit.ly/1b3sqTl (If you are a multi-journal publisher with 11 or more journals you will have received

[GOAL] DOAJ Seal is live on the site

2015-06-12 Thread Dominic Mitchell
In our continuing efforts to make it easier for authors, librarians, and readers to identify high quality open access journals, DOAJ has now activated its DOAJ Seal which is awarded to journals that adhere to high levels of openness, best practice and publishing standards. https://doajournals.word

[GOAL] A note about the APC data in DOAJ

2015-05-11 Thread Dominic Mitchell
Since we upgraded the site in April, there have been a few questions about the APC data being displayed in DOAJ. I have written a blog post that hopefully clarifies what is now being displayed and will go some way to bridge the gap between the old and new data: https://doajournals.wordpress.com/20

[GOAL] Re: Tech tip for journals contributing metadata to DOAJ; check your publication years in DOAJ

2015-05-07 Thread Dominic Mitchell
Hi Heather A couple of comments to clarify your post on the SKC blog: “Based on data gathered last year, it appears that article counts by publication year by journal significantly under-represent the actual journal content, and based on a more recent cursory search of DOAJ and e-mail with DOAJ’s

[GOAL] A few notes about the legacy data in DOAJ

2014-07-14 Thread Dominic Mitchell
I have just published a new update in the DOAJ News Service about the legacy data in DOAJ: https://doajournals.wordpress.com/2014/07/14/a-few-notes-about-our-legacy-data/ "That the data is so regularly used places a responsibility at DOAJ’s door to ensure that the level of data quality is high. Th

[GOAL] DOAJ launches its new application form

2014-03-19 Thread Dominic Mitchell
Today, after an extended period of consultation and development, DOAJ launched a new and much extended form for journals wishing to be included in the DOAJ. Read the press release and access the form here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dr3jnOygvuDlONSBv8lho4McQsEPFd0a5gtxjCmKd9k/edit?usp=sha