Publishing in the Digital Era: Open Access Journals Model

  • Abdelrahim Mutwakel Gaffar Ali Consultant, Chairperson, HISP-MENA Network – Director, Avicenna LLC, USA

Abstract

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) was launched in 2003 at Lund University, Sweden.DOAJ is a membership organization, Publisher, Ordinary Member and Sponsor are the three membership available categories. It is a community-curated list of open access journals and aims to be the starting point for all information searches for quality, peer reviewed open access material. Membership in the DOAJ is a vibrant declaration of intent and proves a commitment to quality, peer-reviewed open access. To support Open Access Journals (OAJ) community, DOAJ is co-author to the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (Principles)
(https://doaj.org/bestpractice) and DOAJ members are expected to pursue these principles as a condition of membership.

Gezira Journal of Health Sciences
Published
2017-06-01
How to Cite
GAFFAR ALI, Abdelrahim Mutwakel. Publishing in the Digital Era: Open Access Journals Model. Gezira Journal of Health Sciences, [S.l.], v. 13, n. 1, june 2017. ISSN 1810-5386. Available at: <http://37.60.236.48/index.php/gjhs/article/view/63>. Date accessed: 03 june 2026.
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Vol 13 No 1 (2017)
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