Сравнение на методи

	Директория на списанията с отворен достъп	База данни Scopus
Област	Библиометрия	Библиометрия
Семейство	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Година на възникване	2003	2004
Създател	DOAJ Community (Swedish library consortium, later expanded to international consortium)	Elsevier
Тип	Database	Database
Основополагащ източник	Directory of Open Access Journals. (2024). About DOAJ. Retrieved from https://doaj.org/	Elsevier. (2024). Scopus: The largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Retrieved from https://www.elsevier.com/products/scopus
Други названия	DOAJ, Directory of Open Access	Scopus, Elsevier Scopus
Свързани	5	5
Резюме	The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a community-maintained, freely accessible directory of high-quality, peer-reviewed open-access journals and articles established in 2003. DOAJ indexes over 20,000 open-access journals across all disciplines (sciences, social sciences, humanities, arts) from diverse geographic regions. The directory serves researchers, librarians, and administrators as the authoritative curated list of legitimate open-access journals—differentiating quality open-access publications from predatory journals that lack genuine peer review. DOAJ quality seal, awarded to journals meeting stricter governance and transparency criteria, enables identification of the highest-caliber open-access publications.	Scopus, owned by Elsevier, is the world's largest abstract and citation database covering peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters across all scientific disciplines. Launched in 2004, Scopus now indexes over 37 million documents from more than 6,500 journals, with expanded coverage of open-access publications and emerging regional journals. Scopus provides researchers and institutions with comprehensive citation tracking, field-normalized impact metrics (CiteScore, SJR, SNIP), and analytical tools for literature discovery, research evaluation, and institutional benchmarking.