Associations and Memberships

The South African Journal of Science is a diamond open access journal. All content is freely available and there are no article processing charges for authors.

The open data icon on a published article indicates that the data set supporting the results of the published study has been deposited in a recognised repository and is openly accessible via the link provided under Data Availability. Read more here: https://www.sajs.co.za/guidelines-authors#datasets

The icon follows the ‘badges to acknowledge open practices’ initiative of Blohowiak et al. available from: osf.io/tvyxz

The preregistration icon on a published article indicates that the study protocol/design, as reported in the article, was registered on a recognised portal prior to commencement.

The icon follows the ‘badges to acknowledge open practices’ initiative of Blohowiak et al. available from: osf.io/tvyxz

All articles are published under a Creative Commons licence. Users are welcome to share and adapt the content provided the source is credited. 

The South African Journal of Science meets the criteria to be indexed by Clarivate Analytics Web of Science.

The South African Journal of Science meets the criteria to be indexed by Scopus. 

The South African Journal of Science meets the criteria to be listed on the Directory of Open Access Journals. The journal was awarded the DOAJ Seal in 2016: a mark of certification for open access journals that achieve a high level of openness, adhere to best practice and high publishing standards.

The South African Journal of Science meets the criteria to be published on SciELO South Africa. 

The South African Journal of Science is included on the African Journals Online platform. The Journal was awarded three stars in the Journal Publishing Practices and Standards (JPPS) assessment for being consistently excellent in all the technical and editorial publishing best practices set out in the JPPS assessment criteria.

ASSAf is a member of Crossref.

We use Crossref Simililarity Check (iThenticate) in our peer-review workflow.

We implement CrossMark to give our readers the current status of a piece of content. Any updates to articles (such as a correction or retraction) will be indicated on the article landing page and within the file formats.

The South African Journal of Science is digitally preserved by Portico to ensure its perpetual availability.

We adhere to the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics.

The South African Journal of Science receives sponsorship from the South African Department of Science and Innovation.