Decision meeting 28. May 2026

On the decision meeting 28. May, we assessed suggestions for new publication channels at level 1. We did also reconsider some publication channels that already had been approved as scientific publication channels. Next decision meeting for level 1 is 9. October.

For the decision meeting, the Directorate has assessed

• 259 publication channels (publication channels that are removed from DOAJ and downgraded in Finland are not included).
• 12 successors (journals that «inherit» its level from its predecessor in the Norwegian Register, if the criteria for level 1 are fulfilled).
• Together 271 publication channels in so far this year.

Of the 271 publication channels that the Directorate processed and assessed, 30 publication channels will specifically be discussed with the Working Committee (AU) for the National Board of Scholarly Publishing:

• 10 messages of concerns (concerns about the quality of already approved publication channels).
• 11 follow-up cases (publication channels that we did not decide a level for at the previous decision meeting and that AU is responsible for following up.)
• 6 special cases (suggestions about publication channels where the Directorate is unsure about the quality of the publication channels).
• 2 publication channels under discussion (level X).
• 1 suggestions from South African scholars (due to an agreement entered into with South Africa, we process and assess suggestions from South African scholars. At the request of the AU, these suggestions are a fixed item at the decison meetings).