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DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) API

Journals listed in DOAJ and the article records supplied for them; DOAJ notes that "not all fields will be available on all records." Access to DOAJ's data dumps is granted case by case. Publication delay: Not stated.

Open doaj.org
Signal Scoredraft model
87
Access
No key · none for search (API keys are mainly for publishers)
20
Licence clarity
CC0-1.0 · terms linked
20
Evidence
2 source links checked
11
Freshness
verified 2026-11-03
20
Documentation
docs · limits · coverage
16

// Terms and limits

Access
none for search (API keys are mainly for publishers)
Free tier
No key for search. Two requests per second on all API routes; bursts of up to five requests per user are queued as long as they average out to two per second.
Rate limits
2 requests/second (bursts of up to 5 queued)
Licence
CC0-1.0terms
Licence note
DOAJ says "Copyrights and related rights for article metadata waived via CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0) Public Domain Dedication." Content on the DOAJ website is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Attribution
No attribution requirement recorded.

// Evidence · verified 2026-11-03

  1. 01doaj.org/docs/api/
  2. 02doaj.org/docs/public-data-dump/

// Good for

research-grey-literaturepapershistorical-data

// The same record, for agents

Request · get_entry
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_entry",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "doaj-api"
    }
  }
}
Reply · selected fields
{
  "name": "DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) API",
  "slug": "doaj-api",
  "domain": "Research & Grey Literature",
  "type": "Dataset",
  "badge": "Free",
  "auth": "none for search (API keys are mainly for publishers)",
  "rateLimits": "2 requests/second (bursts of up to 5 queued)",
  "license": "CC0-1.0",
  "licenseUrl": "https://doaj.org/docs/api/",
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-03",
  "evidenceUrls": [
    "https://doaj.org/docs/api/",
    "https://doaj.org/docs/public-data-dump/"
  ],
  "tasks": [
    "research-grey-literature",
    "papers",
    "historical-data"
  ],
  "providerUrl": "https://doaj.org/docs/api/"
}

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