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Everything you need — indexing databases, publishing tools, compliance guides, ORCID, CrossRef, OJS resources, funder mandates, and more in one place.

📖 Our Guides & Tutorials

In-depth guides written by our OJS experts and academic publishing specialists

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Indexing
Journal Indexing Guide 2025
Complete requirements for DOAJ, Scopus, WoS, PubMed, ESCI — with checklists and timelines.
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OJS
OJS Setup & Configuration
From installation to indexing-ready — OJS installation, plugins, DOI setup, and best practices.
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Education
Open Access Explained
Gold, Green, Diamond OA types, CC licenses, APCs, predatory journals, and how to choose.
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Directory
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🗄️ Indexing & Citation Databases

Official links to major academic indexing databases with direct application and verification pages

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Indexing
DOAJ
The gold standard for OA journal verification. Free to apply. Lists quality open access journals globally.
↗ Apply at doaj.org/apply/
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Citation Index
Scopus
Elsevier's large abstract/citation database. Check your journal at scopus.com/sources.aspx.
↗ Verify at scopus.com/sources
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Citation Index
Web of Science
Clarivate's premium citation database. Includes SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI tiers.
↗ mjl.clarivate.com
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Medical Index
PubMed / MEDLINE
NLM medical database. Apply for PMC at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/about/submission-methods/.
↗ PubMed Central applications
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Search
Google Scholar
Automatically crawls OA journals. Ensure proper meta tags and OAI-PMH are enabled.
↗ scholar.google.com
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Harvester
BASE (Bielefeld)
Aggregates OAI-PMH feeds. Register your OJS OAI endpoint at base-search.net/about/en/submit.php.
↗ base-search.net
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Aggregator
EBSCO Discovery
Commercial database used by university libraries. Contact EBSCO content team for journal submission.
↗ ebsco.com/publisher
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Analytics
Dimensions
Digital Science database. Growing use in research evaluation. Submit at dimensions.ai/resources/submit.
↗ dimensions.ai
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AI Search
Semantic Scholar
AI-powered academic search by Allen Institute. Free indexing. Good for newer journals.
↗ semanticscholar.org
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Open Database
OpenAlex
Fully open bibliographic database. No application needed — harvests from CrossRef, PubMed, etc.
↗ openalex.org
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ISSN Portal
ROAD (ISSN)
Register and list your journal's ISSN in the ISSN international portal.
↗ road.issn.org
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Policy DB
SHERPA RoMEO
Documents journal self-archiving and open access policies. Register your journal's policy.
↗ sherpa.ac.uk/romeo

🏷️ Identifiers & Metadata Tools

Essential services for assigning persistent identifiers and managing scholarly metadata

⚖️ Publishing Ethics & Standards

Organizations and guidelines for ethical, transparent, and responsible academic publishing

⚙️ OJS Resources & Tools

Official resources for Open Journal Systems setup, plugins, and support

💰 Funder OA Mandates

Major research funders that require open access publication of funded research

🇺🇸 NIH (USA) CC BY preferred
Requires all NIH-funded research be publicly accessible within 12 months of publication. Prefers PMC deposit.
↗ national institutes of health
🇬🇧 Wellcome Trust (UK) CC BY required
Mandates immediate OA with CC BY license. Full APC funding provided to grantees.
↗ wellcome.org
🇪🇺 European Research Council CC BY required
Plan S compliant — requires immediate OA, CC BY license, and no embargo. Covers APCs for grantees.
↗ erc.europa.eu
🇬🇧 UKRI (UK) CC BY preferred
UK Research & Innovation requires OA publication. Covers APCs for qualifying journals.
↗ ukri.org
🌍 Gates Foundation CC BY required
Strong OA mandate — CC BY, no embargo, data sharing required. Full APC coverage for grantees.
↗ gatesfoundation.org
🇩🇪 DFG (Germany) OA encouraged
German Research Foundation promotes OA and supports APC funding for qualifying publications.
↗ dfg.de
🇳🇱 NWO (Netherlands) CC BY required
Netherlands research funder with strong Plan S compliance and APC support via transition agreements.
↗ nwo.nl
🇨🇭 SNSF (Switzerland) CC BY required
Swiss National Science Foundation mandates OA with CC BY. Provides APC funding.
↗ snf.ch
ℹ️ Plan S: cOAlition S is a group of national research funders and foundations that require researchers to publish in OA journals or platforms under CC BY from 2021. Check coalition-s.org for compliance details.

🛠️ Our Directory Tools

Use our built-in tools to find and explore open access journals

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Discover journals around specific research keywords and topics.
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Alphabetical list of all indexed journals for systematic browsing.
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Filter journals by CC license type — CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC0, and more.
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