DOAB is a community-driven discovery service that indexes and provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books and helps users to find trusted open access book publishers. All DOAB services are free of charge and all data is freely available.
PRISM: Peer Review Information Service for Monographs
The Peer Review Information Service for Monographs (PRISM) aims to provide information from open access (OA) book publishers, based on their peer review procedure. The goal of the service is to support trust in OA book publishing, by improving transparency around quality assurance of OA book publishers and their publications.
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Updating our publisher requirements: enhancing transparency and global inclusivity
As DOAB continues to engage with many different stakeholder groups across a globally diverse community, and as the scholarly communications landscape continues to evolve, there is also a corresponding need to revisit the workflows and standards that inform our own work at DOAB. DOAB’s revised and updated criteria and requirements for publishers - which are only applicable to publishers submitting applications to DOAB after 1 March 2025 - are available here.
Protecting Stability and Access: How We’re Safeguarding the OAPEN Library and DOAB Against Bot Traffic Surges
We want to share an important update regarding the temporary access issues that some of our community may have recently experienced on our platforms. We are fully aware of the problem and are working tirelessly to resolve it. The Challenge: An Unprecedented Surge in Automated Traffic In recent...
Blog Post: Introducing Our New Head of Technology, Anna Wałek
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Anna Wałek has joined the OAPEN Foundation as our new Head of Technology. Anna brings a unique and powerful combination of strategic vision, deep expertise in open science infrastructure, and a proven ability to lead technological transformation in academia. Her appointment...