INDEX OF ACADEMIC DOCUMENTS (IAD) ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA
- Journals included in the IAD index must adopt an open-access system.
- Journals included in the IAD index must adopt an peer-review system.
- The IAD does not charge any fees for application or indexing processes.
- All content in the IAD index is publicly accessible. Therefore, journals included in the index are considered to have given permission for their journal information, issues, and articles to be displayed in the index.
- There are no additional requirements for journals indexed in the indexes listed below or published on the mentioned platforms. This is because IAD recognizes that the acceptance conditions of these platforms and indexes meet international quality and publishing standards beyond dispute:
- All journals indexed by TUBITAK ULAKBIM TRDIZIN are automatically eligible for inclusion in the IAD index.
- All journals published on the TUBITAK ULAKBIM DergiPark platform are eligible for inclusion without additional conditions.
- Journals indexed by Scopus, WoS, IEEE, Springer, Taylor&Francis, Wiley and DOAJ are automatically eligible for inclusion.
- Journals published by universities, government institutions, and research institutes.
- Journals published by internationally recognized and reputable non-governmental organizations.
- Other journals will be evaluated by the IAD editorial board based on their journal name, contact details, website, archive, editorial board, scientific board, publisher information, and policies. Relevant journals will be informed of the outcome following this process.
- Journals have the right to appeal decisions made by the IAD editorial board. Appeals will be reviewed and decided upon by the editorial and advisory boards.
- Journals accepted into the index must share their articles with the IAD index authorities as specified.
- The IAD reserves the right to remove any journal from the index without providing a specific reason.
- Journals or publishers listed in internationally recognized predatory journal or publisher lists are not accepted into the IAD index. If such journals are identified after acceptance, they will be removed from the index without further justification.
Journals that publish outside the Dergipark platform must download the https://www.indexacademicdocs.org/journal_articles_importfile.xlsx file and fill in its content. The filled file should be sent to our email address at https://www.indexacademicdocs.org/about/contact.