# DOAJ

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/doaj/  
**Website:** https://doaj.org  
**APIs profiled:** 1

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) provides a searchable database of peer‑reviewed open access journals and articles, offering free access to scholarly content, metadata, and APIs for developers. It supports publishers, libraries, funders, and researchers by promoting transparency, best practices, and open science. DOAJ also offers premium services, tools for journal evaluation, and a commitment to preserving open scholarly communication.

## Kin Score — 22.7 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-11-06 under rubric 0.27.0. Trend: falling (-6.9 from 29.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 53.6 |
| Contract Quality | 40.0 |
| Contract Governance | 18.2 |
| Operational Transparency | 2.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 13.1 |
| Access Clarity | 17.1 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 14.7 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 22.4 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | derived |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |
| Pagination Ratio | paginated |
| Operation Distinctiveness | distinct |
| MCP Tool Quality | na |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## APIs (6)

- **DOAJ API** — DOAJ provides a REST API for accessing journal and article metadata.
- **DOAJ Bulk API** — The Bulk API API from DOAJ — 3 operation(s) for bulk api.
- **DOAJ CRUD Applications API** — The CRUD Applications API from DOAJ — 2 operation(s) for crud applications.
- **DOAJ CRUD Articles API** — The CRUD Articles API from DOAJ — 2 operation(s) for crud articles.
- **DOAJ CRUD Journals API** — The CRUD Journals API from DOAJ — 1 operation(s) for crud journals.
- **DOAJ Search API** — The Search API from DOAJ — 3 operation(s) for search.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Doaj Agentic Access** — 17 operations · 10 acting

## Security (1)

- **Doaj Domain Security** — TLSv1.3

## Tags

Open Access, Journals, Scholarly Publishing, Metadata

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/doaj/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.