Guides to working with DOAJ

Practical guides for editors and publishers of open access journals. Every guide was checked against the live DOAJ API and links to DOAJ Metadata Studio — a free tool where you can do what is described in a couple of clicks.

• How to upload articles to DOAJ: manual entry, XML, CSV and API

  Four ways to upload article metadata to DOAJ: the web form, XML (DOAJ and Crossref), CSV via the API, and the DOAJ API. Requirements, duplicates and common errors.

• Bulk upload articles to DOAJ from Excel and CSV

  How to upload a journal issue to DOAJ from an Excel sheet: the CSV template, author and keyword format, validation before sending, 600 KB batches and upload status.

• How to find DOAJ articles without DOI, ORCID or abstracts

  Ready-made DOAJ API queries to find a journal’s articles without DOI, ORCID, abstracts or keywords, a one-click audit of the whole journal, and how to fix what you find.

• How to export all of a journal’s articles from DOAJ

  How to download every article of a journal from DOAJ to Excel (CSV) or JSON, get around the DOAJ API limit of 1000 records, and when you need the full DOAJ data dump.

• DOAJ API search: query syntax and fields

  DOAJ API v4 search syntax: article and journal fields, short names, .exact, ranges, _exists_, sorting, limits and non-obvious pitfalls — with tested examples.