<div dir="ltr">Thank you very much Leyla. Our blog post is here: <a href="https://blog.doaj.org/2018/08/07/news-oaspa-to-require-doaj-listing-for-single-journal-publishers/">https://blog.doaj.org/2018/08/07/news-oaspa-to-require-doaj-listing-for-single-journal-publishers/</a><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Clara</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#444444">Clara Armengou </font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Project and Communications Manager</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(68,68,68)"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#000000">Directory of Open Access Journals</font></b></div><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#0000ff"><a href="http://www.doaj.org/" target="_blank">www.doaj.org</a></font><font color="#ff9900"> </font></b></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 3:06 PM, Leyla Williams <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:leyla.williams@oaspa.org" target="_blank">leyla.williams@oaspa.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Dear all,</span><br style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">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.</span><br style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Our full announcement is here: <a href="https://oaspa.org/oaspa-assessment-of-single-journal-applications-and-doaj/" target="_blank">https://oaspa.org/oaspa-<wbr>assessment-of-single-journal-<wbr>applications-and-doaj/</a></span><br style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><br style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Best wishes,</span><br style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span style="font-size:small;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Leyla</span><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail-m_6478002662359377584gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#666666"><span style="font-size:small;line-height:18.2px">—</span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:18.2px">—</span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:18.2px">—</span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:18.2px">—</span><span style="font-size:small;line-height:18.2px">—</span><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></font></div><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><font color="#666666">Leyla Williams</font></div><div><font color="#666666">Events and Communications Coordinator</font></div><div><font color="#666666">Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association, OASPA </font></div><div><a href="http://oaspa.org" target="_blank">oaspa.org</a><font color="#666666"> | Twitter: </font><a href="https://twitter.com/OASPA" target="_blank">@OASPA</a> | <a href="http://eepurl.com/bYkP8r" style="font-size:12.8px;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Sign up</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-size:12.8px">for our mailing list</span></div></font></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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