[GOAL] OASPA Assessment of Single Journal Applications and DOAJ

[Clara Armengou]

Thank you very much Leyla. Our blog post is here:
https://blog.doaj.org/2018/08/07/news-oaspa-to-require-doaj-listing-for-single-journal-publishers/

Best,

Clara

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Clara Armengou
Project and Communications Manager

*Directory of Open Access Journals*
*www.doaj.org <http://www.doaj.org/> *



On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 3:06 PM, Leyla Williams <leyla.williams at oaspa.org>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Applications to OASPA have been rapidly increasing, in particular from
> single journals. Given the overlap in the screening criteria between DOAJ
> and OASPA, and that DOAJ is primarily an index of reputable open-access
> journals, we have agreed with the DOAJ that, with immediate effect, all
> single journals that apply to OASPA will now be referred to the DOAJ if the
> journal is not already listed in DOAJ. We feel that this is also in the
> best interests of single journal applicants because indexing by the DOAJ is
> the most effective way for those journals to increase their visibility,
> which is frequently their stated reason for applying to join OASPA.
>
> Our full announcement is here: https://oaspa.org/oaspa-
> assessment-of-single-journal-applications-and-doaj/
>
> Best wishes,
> Leyla
> —————
> Leyla Williams
> Events and Communications Coordinator
> Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA
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Clara Armengou
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