{"id":34,"date":"2026-07-27T11:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csj.ge\/?p=34"},"modified":"2026-07-27T11:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T11:53:07","slug":"building-a-trustworthy-journal-directory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csj.ge\/building-a-trustworthy-journal-directory\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Trustworthy Journal Directory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"csj-article-feature\">\n<p class=\"csj-article-deck\">Journal discovery is useful when records are transparent, current and clear about what they do\u2014and do not\u2014prove.<\/p>\n<h2>Basic metadata<\/h2>\n<p>A useful record identifies the journal, publisher, country, subject area, website, ISSN and archive access where available.<\/p>\n<h2>Editorial transparency<\/h2>\n<p>Publicly available information about editors, review process, publication schedule and fees should be easy to locate.<\/p>\n<h2>No implied equivalence<\/h2>\n<p>A directory listing is not automatically equivalent to inclusion in established scholarly databases.<\/p>\n<h2>Correction process<\/h2>\n<p>Publishers and readers should be able to submit evidence when a record is outdated or inaccurate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"csj-editorial-note\"><strong>CSJ Editorial Note:<\/strong> This article is an editorial guide and background feature. It does not replace the original research, professional advice or official institutional information.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A journal directory should present verifiable metadata without pretending that listing equals endorsement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journal-directory"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csj.ge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csj.ge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csj.ge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csj.ge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csj.ge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/csj.ge\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csj.ge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csj.ge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csj.ge\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}