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DOAJ Finances – updated for year-end 2022
Continuing our transparent approach to posting our finances publicly, the latest figures are available here. The new spreadsheet covers 2013-2022.
DOAJ Finances 2013-2021
In the interest of full disclosure, here are the finances for DOAJ between 2013 and 2021 (updated August 2022).
DOAJ finances from 2013 to 2017
In the interest of full disclosure, here are the finances for DOAJ between 2013 and 2017.
DOAJ Financials 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 expected
Previous financial statements are posted here.
[Update 13/12/2017 – details of the total financial support received by DOAJ from libraries and library consortia in 2017.]
Apology: Open Citations Corpus and I4OC
We apologise for the error in conflating these two individual organisations and of course, we wish them both every success in the future in their important work in opening up the citation corpus.
IDRC grant to improve OA journals from the Global South
We are very pleased to announce that IS4OA/DOAJ has been given a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to improve open access publishing practices in the developing world.
The overall objective of the grant is to enhance DOAJ and the open access infrastructure that supports researchers` ability to publish in reputable open access journals.
The specific objectives are:
- To improve the reputation and visibility of open access journals from developing countries
- To increase the knowledge and use of best practices among developing world publishers of open access journals
- To raise awareness among developing world researchers of the threat posed by questionable open access publishers
- To create a web resource that provides researchers with criteria for the identification of reputable open access journals
- To increase the knowledge and use of DOAJ among developing world academics and publishers
DOAJ is now seeking 8-10 full time individuals as DOAJ Ambassadors (10 month contract) who are residents in the following regions and are native speakers of the indicated languages and fluent in English:
| Region | Languages |
| Latin America | Spanish and/or Portuguese |
| Middle East & Persian Gulf | Arabic |
| Africa (North/West) | Arabic and French |
| Africa (South/East) | English |
| India/Pakistan | Hindi |
| Indonesia | Indonesian |
| China | Chinese (Mandarin or Cantonese) |
The tasks of the DOAJ Ambassadors are:
- To promote DOAJ in their respective regions
- To review and actively solicit new applications and reapplications to DOAJ from their region
- To discover and assist open access publishers in their region in implementing good publishing practices
- To identify questionable publishers and practices
The role requires knowledge of academic publishing, in particular online journals, editorial processes, best practices and publishing technology standards.
You can find the job announcement here.
Lars Bjørnshauge
Managing Director
DOAJ
Disclaimer: “The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of IDRC or its Board of Governors”
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