{"id":1845,"date":"2017-06-22T14:30:24","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T18:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/?p=1845"},"modified":"2017-06-22T14:31:22","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T18:31:22","slug":"directory-of-free-arab-journals-dfaj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/directory-of-free-arab-journals-dfaj\/","title":{"rendered":"Directory of Free Arab Journals (DFAJ)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dfaj.net\/\">Directory of Free Arab Journals (DFAJ)<\/a> is an initiative of Middle Eastern Open Access activists aiming at producing a directory of all open access (OA) scientific journals produced in Arab countries. DFAJ currently includes 250 journals\u00a0 from 172 publishers in 17 Arab countries. The directory is published under a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/2.0\/\">CC-BY-NC license<\/a>. Initially launched in 2013, a new version was released in March 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, DFAJ offers the following features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a listing of all Arab scholarly journals that are openly available on the internet<\/li>\n<li>hyperlinks to the listed journals and their publishing organizations<\/li>\n<li>standard information such as ISSN, publisherp, country of publication, frequency, keywords, etc.<\/li>\n<li>a journals&#8217; browsing by field\/discipline capability, as well as an advanced search feature<\/li>\n<li>a form to suggest new journals<\/li>\n<li>information about the peer-review process as well as indexing in international databases (Scopus &amp; Directory of Open Access Journals)<\/li>\n<li>the ability to create a personal account to save favorite journals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dfaj.net\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1933\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2017\/06\/DFAJ-Home.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1520\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2017\/06\/DFAJ-Home.jpg 1520w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2017\/06\/DFAJ-Home-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2017\/06\/DFAJ-Home-768x379.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2017\/06\/DFAJ-Home-1024x505.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/files\/2017\/06\/DFAJ-Home-500x247.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/a>According to the directory&#8217;s owners, future developments include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>making the interface bilingual Arabic-English (it is only in Arabic)<\/li>\n<li>transforming the current website in a portal steering discussion about, and advocating for open access in the Arab Middle East<\/li>\n<li>providing guidance for editors and publishers on how to create and maintain OA journals<\/li>\n<li>suggesting repository management software.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Directory of Free Arab Journals (DFAJ) is an initiative of Middle Eastern Open Access activists aiming at producing a directory of all open access (OA) scientific journals produced in Arab countries. 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