Creating records based on DOAJ

[zackbatist]

Creating this issue to discuss how we should create records based on items listed in DOAJ.

I'm of the opinion that we should manually verify records for relevance, since the DOAJ classifies archaeology in a weird way (as an "auxiliary science of history"). It is also likely that there are relevant journals outside this category.

Some questions to address include:

• What are our criteria for relevance?
• Should we implement a process for arriving at consensus?
  • i.e., delegate two or three people to do an initial pass, and bring the items they can't agree on for discussion among the broader community, or some variant of this process

Any other discussion relating to importing DOAJ records (aside from the issues of relevance) should also be included here.

[joeroe]

Copying them over manually is a bit tedious (that's why I stopped at 10). It would help to at least pull the journal classified as archaeology from the DOAJ API and generate JSON in our format, which could then be manually filtered for relevance. Then we could look at adjacent categories (just looking quickly I can see relevant stuff under anthropology, geography, environmental sciences, etc.)

[zackbatist]

I can make some time to go through the records once you pull them from DOAJ.

[bbartholdy]

Not sure if you already found this, but maybe it could help? https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/roadoi/index.html

[zackbatist]

Thanks! This could be really helpful. I intend to get going on this this weekend 🫡

[zackbatist]

I finally made a list of journals listed under DOAJ that may not fit our desired scope -- sorry for the long delay. I arrived at this list by visiting the websites of journals listed according to the following search parameters:

• using the keyword "archaeology OR archeology" applied to "all fields" (title, keywords, subject, etc)
• filtering to see only journals without fees

As of today (2025-02-05), this query finds 294 journals. If I were to include journals with fees, the query produces 334 journals.

Two subject facets are returned when searching for archaeology in the list of subjects: "Auxiliary sciences of history >> Archaeology", and "Geography / Anthropology >> Anthropology >> Prehistoric archaeology". Of the 294 results, only 161 appear in the "Auxiliary sciences of history >> Archaeology" facet and only 17 appear in the "Geography / Anthropology >> Anthropology >> Prehistoric archaeology" facet.

I went through the journals by year they were added to DOAJ.

It would be great if others can go through these to verify the decision to exclude them or argue for their inclusion.

EDIT to add: my inclusion criteria were that the journal explicitly mentioned archaeology in its description of itself, aims or scoping statement, and that I was able to access the journal website to check on this.

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2024

https://doaj.org/toc/0018-1005
More about broader social scientific concerns in morocco in general, with no explicit reference to archaeology

https://doaj.org/toc/2949-2866
Broken link, unable to verify

https://doaj.org/toc/2620-2719
More history oriented, but I'm on the fence

https://doaj.org/toc/1304-5482
More theology and biblical studies, with no explicit emphasis on archaeology

2023

https://doaj.org/toc/1232-1575
More history, theology and religious studies

https://doaj.org/toc/1760-6659
A journal on Catalan culture, with no special emphasis on archaeology

https://doaj.org/toc/1304-0618
More a theology and religious studies journal, with no special emphasis on archaeology

https://doaj.org/toc/2616-4280
More focused on urban studies, lacks explicit focus on archaeology

https://doaj.org/toc/2263-8911
More history, lacks explicit focus on archaeology

https://doaj.org/toc/0214-7165
More history and religious studies, not as explicitly focused on archaeology

https://doaj.org/toc/1810-4487
Not explicitly focused on archaeology
The DOAJ link is wrong, but can't find a way to submit a revision
http://ejol.aau.edu.et/index.php/ERJSSH

2022

https://doaj.org/toc/2414-9012
Unable to generate a translation to verify fitness to scope

https://doaj.org/toc/2452-3666
Discontinued as of 2025

https://doaj.org/toc/2748-6419
Biblical studies, lacks explicit focus on archaeology

https://doaj.org/toc/1582-7151
Lacks explicit focus on archaeology, more contemporary cultural heritage

https://doaj.org/toc/2303-7539
More explicitly history than archaeology

https://doaj.org/toc/0071-1861
More concerned with contemporary folk culture than archaeology

https://doaj.org/toc/2686-7702
More contemporary issues, especially political science

https://doaj.org/toc/2686-973X
History and religious studies

https://doaj.org/toc/2738-2710
Broken link, can't verify

2021

https://doaj.org/toc/0552-4245
More explicitly historical, sociological and political science

https://doaj.org/toc/2709-8680
More explicitly history and sociology

https://doaj.org/toc/2072-2087
Not explicitly archaeology

https://doaj.org/toc/0874-2375
More historical and contemporary culture

https://doaj.org/toc/0137-4079
More anthropology and ethnography

https://doaj.org/toc/2407-9677
Explicitly concerned with history, not archaeology

https://doaj.org/toc/2724-587X
Broken link, can't verify

2020

https://doaj.org/toc/0252-8835
No explicit reference to archaeology in its aims and scope

https://doaj.org/toc/2697-3553
Website replaced with a soccer betting scam

https://doaj.org/toc/0854-3232
Website does not load

https://doaj.org/toc/2413-7065
No explicit reference to archaeology in its aims and scope

2019

https://doaj.org/toc/2412-2467
Biblical studies and related disciplines, with no explicit reference to archaeology in its aims and scope

https://doaj.org/toc/2520-6338
Broken link, unable to verify

https://doaj.org/toc/1410-9700
Visual arts, with no explicit reference to archaeology in its aims and scope

https://doaj.org/toc/2532-0335
Broken link, unable to verify

https://doaj.org/toc/0076-230X
Broad social sciences and humanities scope, with no explicit reference to archaeology

2018

https://doaj.org/toc/2460-8300
Education and culture, with no explicit reference to archaeology

https://doaj.org/toc/0553-6707
Art history, with no explicit reference to archaeology

https://doaj.org/toc/0327-5752
More history and anthropology, with no explicit reference to archaeology

https://doaj.org/toc/2076-2577
More cultural and historical, with no explicit reference to archaeology

2017

https://doaj.org/toc/1131-7698
Broken link, unable to verify

https://doaj.org/toc/2451-6821
Medieval studies, with no explicit reference to archaeology

2015

https://doaj.org/toc/1657-4923
More modern and contemporary scope, with no explicit reference to archaeology

https://doaj.org/toc/2312-461X
Blank page with a single line stating that the journal does not exist

https://doaj.org/toc/2174-0178
More modern and contemporary scope, with no explicit reference to archaeology

2014

https://doaj.org/toc/1998-9938
Extremely broad scope, with no explicit reference to archaeology

https://doaj.org/toc/0924-0608
More modern and contemporary scope, with no explicit reference to archaeology

https://doaj.org/toc/2038-7709
Replaced with a scam site

https://doaj.org/toc/1853-8037
More modern and contemporary scope, with no explicit reference to archaeology

2010

https://doaj.org/toc/1989-9289
Extremely broad scope, with no explicit reference to archaeology

https://doaj.org/toc/2042-4752
Art history, no explicit reference to archaeology

2008

https://doaj.org/toc/1891-5426
Broken link, redirects to library website