In all, 20,269 journals have been checked, with (so far) a total of 1,425,237 articles in 2023 and 1,453,420 in 2022. Just barely more than two-thirds of the journals are diamond (no fee): 13,596, as compared to 6.673 with fees.
The second pass will involve 3,073 journals, including most of those noted below (except bi and xd) and another 1,200 or so that seem likely to have published another 2023 issue since they were checked.
Special cases
- bi [Inactive: no articles since 2021]: 494.
- xd [Dead: no articles since 2018]: 224
- xj {Removed from DOAJ since 1/1/24]: 119
- xm [Malware and certificate problems]: 867
- xn [Not OA, including–mostly–ones that now require login]: 22
- xx [Unavailable or unworkable]: 848
Based on past experience, that last category is likely to yield the most positive results, although one can always hope that many of the xm cases will be resolved.
Next steps
After a day or two off [filing taxes and other fun stuff], I’ll save off the journals that don’t need rechecking, do some comparisons of the remainder with last year’s problems and exclusions, and start the (typically slower) second pass. With luck, cross fingers, I’ll be done by the end of April and can begin adding derived numbers and writing the books.
