OA Diamond Journals Inventory: 1,048 Journals Not in DOAJ

1,619 journals were surveyed for a large-scale study on open access journals free for readers and authors. The inventory, a snapshot from March 2021, includes 1,048 journals not listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals. This data was compiled by a consortium of 10 organizations for cOAlition S.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the distribution and characteristics of diamond open access journals based on the survey of 1,619 journals.
• Mapping the scholarly publishing ecosystem by comparing inventoried journals against major databases like DOAJ.
• Studying journal operations and funding models using data from 7,019 free text submissions and 94 survey questions.
• Investigating the role of hosting platforms through insights from 10 platform interviews and 3 journal focus groups.

Strengths

• Includes data from a survey of 1,619 journals and 7,019 free text submissions.
• Inventory contains 1,048 journals not listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals.
• Study methodology incorporated multiple data sources: bibliographic analysis, surveys, focus groups, and interviews.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; the archived data is a snapshot from March 2021.
• Data may reflect geographic or disciplinary bias inherent to the survey and crowdsourcing methods.

Provenance

Source

Consortium of 10 organizations, study commissioned by cOAlition S. Data archived on Zenodo.

Collection Method

Statistical analysis of bibliographic databases, journal survey (1,619 responses), free text submissions (7,019), focus groups, and interviews.

Time Range

Study conducted from June 2020 to February 2021; data snapshot from March 4, 2021.

Freshness

Snapshot from March 4, 2021; last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Open access journals across the world.