DOAB: The Directory of Open Access Books
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.
The Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) is delighted to announce that SIMEH (Hipertexto – Netizen) has joined as the most recent member of the DOAB Trusted Platform Network. This...
The Hague, The Netherlands, 26 February 2026. We’re thrilled to share an exciting new update for the Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB). Today, we unveil our refreshed visual identity – including a...
The Hague, The Netherlands, 12 March 2026. Today, OAPEN and Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) have published their joint 2025 Highlights, an annual report presenting an overview of key developments...
What motivated you to join DOAB as an ambassador? I am motivated to join DOAB as an ambassador as I strongly believe in the importance of opening up knowledge and fostering better interaction across the regions and to ensure...
Since the OAPEN Library was launched at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2010, our organisation has grown from a bold idea into a global infrastructure pillar for open access (OA) books. Today, more than 40,000 peer-reviewed titles...
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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