Indexing of your journal

Why DOAJ? 

• DOAJ’s seal of approval is a quality stamp for peer-reviewed Open Access journals.
• DOAJ inclusion increases the visibility, accessibility, reputation, usage and impact of open access scholarly journals.
• DOAJ listed journals are recognised by funders, e.g. the Dutch Research Council (NWO) – publishing in a DOAJ journal is one of the ways to comply with some funders’ open access publishing mandate.

How to apply to be included in DOAJ?

To be included in DOAJ, a journal has to meet a certain number of requirements. To help you fulfil these requirements, we have created a journal page webpage template. This template contains elements that adhere to TU Delft OPEN Policy and to DOAJ’s requirements. Use the template as the basis for your journal webpage.

To apply to be included in DOAJ, journals should publish at least 5 research articles per year.

Note: Newly launched journals must demonstrate a publishing history of more than one year, or have published at least 10 articles.

Possible reasons for rejection or removal from DOAJ

• Failure to publish 5 research articles per year
• Lack of transparency of the review process
• Endogeny:  The proportion of published papers where at least one of the authors is an editor, editorial board member or reviewer, or affiliated to the journal’s institution must not exceed 20%, based on the research content of the latest two issues.

TU Delft OPEN aims to have all our Open Access Journals included in DOAJ. To this end, we are happy to provide advice on your DOAJ application to maximise your chance of inclusion, and we can handle your application.

References

• Getting Found: Building Visibility (sfu.ca)
• About DOAJ – DOAJ

In addition to the DOAJ requirements, your journal needs to have the following to maximise the chance of being included in Scopus:

• A publication history of at least 2 years
• An ethics and malpractice statement
• Sufficient geographical diversity of authors and editors
• Journal’s publications are cited by other journals already indexed by Scopus

Go to the Pre-evaluation of Scopus submission to check if your journal is ready for Scopus.

In consultation with the editorial board of your journal, TU Delft OPEN Publishing will handle your Scopus application.

Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Scopus increases the visibility and discoverability of your content which contributes to the reputation of your journal, fosters collaboration and boosts the chance of authors of securing funding.

OJS is compatible with Google Scholar, therefore our content is automatically indexed by and accessible via Google Scholar.

Google Scholar (Open Index) includes scholarly articles from a wide variety of sources in many fields of research and languages, from many countries and time periods. It is designed as a search engine specifically for academic content, so news or magazine articles, book reviews, and editorials will not be available from Google Scholar.

Want to double-check that your journal has been indexed?

1. Go to Google Scholar
2. Type in the search box
   “site: https://journals.open.tudelft.nl/[abbreviation]“
3. You should see the list of all your published articles
4. If some articles are missing:
   • Check that the publication date of the article matches the publication date of the issue and the publication date in the PDF
   • Check the format of the authors’ names. It should be the same as on the PDF
   • If you have checked the above but the article(s) is/are still missing, please contact us for assistance.