DOAJFeb 10

The Year Ahead 🗓️
#DOAJ 2026 activities include:
✔️reviewing editorial processes & transparency
✔️a multifaceted look at metadata
✔️reviewing & renewing tech solutions;
✔️continuing active participation in #DiamondOA

#QualityCriteria #community #transperancy #metadata

https://blog.doaj.org/2026/02/10/our-year-ahead-2026-activities/

DOAJJan 20

🔸We’re pleased to share DOAJ’s new strategy for 2026-2028, which sets our direction for the coming years and builds directly on what we have achieved together so far
🔸Built with our community, for our community

#OpenAccess #sustainability #QualityCriteria

https://blog.doaj.org/2026/01/20/introducing-doajs-2026-2028-strategy-built-with-our-community-for-our-community/

DOAJJan 12
📢All updates to the guide to applying are being released quarterly
✅Version 2.7
In this update we address shared copyright, a new requirement for Subscribe to Open (S2O) journals, and clarify some wording
#OpenAccess #BestPractice #QualityCriteria #Copyright #S2O
🔗 https://blog.doaj.org/2026/01/12/updates-to-the-guide-to-applying-shared-copyright-subscribe-to-open-s2o-policy-and-the-meaning-of-must/
DOAJNov 3

📢All updates to the guide to applying are being released quarterly

In this update we address flipped journals, AI, quality criteria, and OA exceptions #DOAJ #OpenAccess #AI #BestPractice #QualityCriteria #Copyright
@mattjhodgkinson

🔗See our latest blog post for details:
https://blog.doaj.org/2025/11/03/updates-to-the-guide-to-applying-flipped-journals-ai-quality-criteria-and-oa-exceptions/

Stephan Waba Nov 21, 2022
Thinking about #QualityCriteria of #MastodonServers. Apart from essentials like speed and stability #TwitterRefugees might pay special attention to #moderation policy. Have come across a profile in which the person asks not to be followed from a server with inadequate #moderation rules. Can imagine this might make it quite complex when looking for an appropriate server?