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Scrape the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), 20K+ peer-reviewed open access journals and 10M+ articles. Search journals by subject/country, search articles by keyword, or look up by ISSN or DOI.

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What Is DOAJ?

DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes high-quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. It is widely used by researchers, librarians, and publishers to discover legitimate open access venues and verify journal quality.

What This Actor Does

This actor queries the DOAJ public API to:

Search journals by keyword, subject area, country, or open-access start year
Search articles by keyword, journal name, or year range
Look up a journal by ISSN (print or electronic)
Look up an article by DOI

No authentication or API key is required. The actor respects the 2 requests/second rate limit.

Modes

Mode	Description	Key Parameters
`searchJournals`	Search peer-reviewed OA journals	`query`, `subjects`, `countries`, `minYear`
`searchArticles`	Search OA articles	`query`, `journal`, `fromYear`, `toYear`
`byISSN`	Look up a journal by ISSN	`issn`
`byDOI`	Look up an article by DOI	`doi`

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
`mode`	Select	Operating mode (required)
`query`	String	Free-text search query
`issn`	String	Journal ISSN (e.g. `0099-2240`)
`doi`	String	Article DOI (e.g. `10.1186/s12866-014-0229-z`)
`subjects`	String	Subject filter for journal search (e.g. `Medicine`)
`countries`	String	Country filter for journal search (e.g. `Brazil`)
`journal`	String	Journal name filter for article search
`fromYear`	Integer	Filter articles from this year onward
`toYear`	Integer	Filter articles up to this year
`minYear`	Integer	Journals with OA start year at or after this year
`maxItems`	Integer	Maximum records to return (1–1000, default 50)

Output

Journal Fields

Field	Type	Description
`doajId`	String	Unique DOAJ identifier
`title`	String	Journal title
`alternativeTitle`	String	Alternative title or abbreviation
`pissn`	String	Print ISSN
`eissn`	String	Electronic ISSN
`publisher`	String	Publisher name
`country`	String	Publisher country
`language`	Array	Languages published in
`subjects`	Array	Subject classification terms
`keywords`	Array	Journal keywords
`hasApc`	Boolean	Whether article processing charges apply
`apcMax`	Integer	Maximum APC amount
`apcCurrency`	String	APC currency code
`licenseType`	String	License (e.g. `CC BY`)
`reviewProcess`	Array	Peer review types
`openAccessStart`	Integer	Year OA publishing began
`journalUrl`	String	Journal homepage URL
`recordType`	String	Always `journal`
`scrapedAt`	String	ISO 8601 timestamp

Article Fields

Field	Type	Description
`doajId`	String	Unique DOAJ identifier
`title`	String	Article title
`journalTitle`	String	Publishing journal name
`issns`	Array	Journal ISSNs
`doi`	String	Digital Object Identifier
`authors`	Array	Author names
`abstract`	String	Article abstract
`keywords`	Array	Author-assigned keywords
`subjects`	Array	Subject classification terms
`year`	Integer	Publication year
`month`	Integer	Publication month
`fulltextUrl`	String	Full-text URL
`recordType`	String	Always `article`
`scrapedAt`	String	ISO 8601 timestamp

Example Input

{
  "mode": "searchJournals",
  "query": "medicine",
  "maxItems": 10
}

{
  "mode": "searchArticles",
  "query": "covid-19 vaccines",
  "fromYear": 2021,
  "toYear": 2023,
  "maxItems": 20
}

{
  "mode": "byISSN",
  "issn": "0099-2240"
}

FAQs

Is an API key required? No. The DOAJ API is fully public and requires no authentication.

How many records can I get? Set maxItems up to 1000 per run. For larger datasets, run the actor multiple times with different queries.

What is the rate limit? DOAJ allows 2 requests per second. The actor automatically enforces this with a 0.6-second delay between pages.

Can I filter by subject? Yes — use the subjects parameter for journal search to filter by DOAJ subject classification (e.g. Biology, Medicine, Engineering).

What open access licenses are available? DOAJ covers CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC-ND, and other open licenses.

How often is DOAJ updated? DOAJ continuously updates its index. New journals and articles are added regularly.

Are preprints included? No. DOAJ only indexes peer-reviewed journals and their articles.

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