OJS Discoverability Companion Badges' Description

The badges are an integral part of the OJS Discoverability Companion (DISCO plugin).

The Discoverability Companion (DISCO) is a plugin designed to help academic journal editors improve the visibility and credibility of their journals by guiding them through the technical and editorial criteria required by major indexing databases. It brings together these requirements—often similar but described differently across platforms—into one clear, user-friendly interface. By clarifying terminology and showing overlapping standards, DISCO reduces the complexity of compliance and supports better indexing outcomes.

An integral feature of the plugin is a set of badges that appear in the website footer. These badges signal to readers and evaluators that the journal meets recognized standards of quality, transparency, and openness.

📖 Content Freely Available Articles and other content of the journal are accessible to the public without restrictions or paywalls.

📖 Content Freely Available

Articles and other content of the journal are accessible to the public without restrictions or paywalls.

🌱 Community-Owned The journal is managed and owned by an academic or professional community rather than a commercial publisher.

🌱 Community-Owned

The journal is managed and owned by an academic or professional community rather than a commercial publisher.

💎 Diamond Open Access To be a Diamond Open Access Journal your journal needs to fullfil 6 Diamond Criterias.

💎 Diamond Open Access

To be a Diamond Open Access Journal your journal needs to fullfil 6 Diamond Criterias.

🔗 DOI Assigned Articles are assigned Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for persistent linking and easy citation.

🔗 DOI Assigned

Articles are assigned Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for persistent linking and easy citation.

🌍 Geographical Diversity The editorial board and authors come from various regions of the world, fostering inclusiveness and international collaboration.

🌍 Geographical Diversity

The editorial board and authors come from various regions of the world, fostering inclusiveness and international collaboration.

🚫 No Author Fees Authors are not required to pay any fees to publish their articles in the journal.

🚫 No Author Fees

Authors are not required to pay any fees to publish their articles in the journal.

✍️ Open to All Authors Authors are not required to pay any fees to publish their articles in the journal.

✍️ Open to All Authors

The journal welcomes submissions from all authors regardless of country, institutional affiliation, or status.

🔍 Plagiarism Check Implemented Authors are not required to pay any fees to publish their articles in the journal.

🔍 Plagiarism Check Implemented

The journal uses tools to detect plagiarism and ensures the originality of published articles.

📅 Regular Publication Schedule Authors are not required to pay any fees to publish their articles in the journal.

📅 Regular Publication Schedule

The journal is published on a regular and predictable schedule, which enhances its credibility.

🎓 Scholarly Journal Authors are not required to pay any fees to publish their articles in the journal.

🎓 Scholarly Journal

The journal meets academic publishing standards and contributes to the advancement of its disciplines.

If you’d like to use the DISCO plugin for your journal, you can download it from GitHub or reach out to your platform manager.