Academic Endorsements

Approved by the Albanian Academy of Sciences and public universities under the guidance of the Ministry of Education and Sports, supporting national academic research and scholarly publications.

Research journals are approved, published, and hosted on the Algerian Scientific Journal Platform (ASJP), managed by CERIST. Journals are recognized through the DGRSDT and classified under national categories such as Category A and Category B.

Approved by the Government of Andorra. Research and academic publications are supported through the national Recerc’And research platform.

Research and academic publishing are overseen and supported by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESCTI).

Approved by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF). Research publications are supported through the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) Open Access Portal, Open Access Network Austria (OANA), and Austrian Federal Journals & Reports.

Oversees and publishes several official, peer-reviewed, open-access academic journals.

Approved and indexed by University of Bahrain Journals.

Approved and indexed by Bangladesh Journals Online (BanglaJOL).

Approved by the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB), which oversees and supports scientific research and academic publications.

Research and academic publishing are supported and coordinated by the Belgian Science Policy Office (BELSPO).

Manages the Botswana Research Portal.

Brazil’s primary ministry for scientific research. Official Brazilian Open Access Science portal, managed by the Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology (Ibict), an agency linked to MCTI. Indexed in Oasisbr.

Research journals are regulated by the Ministry of Education and Science through the National Centre for Information and Documentation (NACID). Journals are included in the National Reference List (NRL) and supported by the Bulgarian National Consortium.

Research ministries and academies prioritize domestic publishing platforms. Launched Sciencepaper Online, an official platform for scientific publications and indexing.

Manages the evaluation and classification of research journals through the Publindex system. Premier Latin American network for indexed, scientific, open-access journals.

Approved by the Ministry of Science, Education and Youth. Research journals are supported through the national HRČAK Portal, Croatia’s central repository for scientific and professional journals.

Research and academic publishing are supported by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, the Research, Development and Innovation Council (RVVI), and the Czech Academy of Sciences.

Research and academic publishing are overseen by the Ministry of Higher Education, Universities, Scientific Research and Innovation. Scholarly publications include the Revue Congolaise des Sciences et Technologies.

Research journals are recognized through the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science. Journals are classified under the BFI Journal Classification at Level 1 and Level 2 and are listed in the official BFI Database.

Coordinates Ecuador’s open-access (OA) ecosystem. Ecuadorian journals are indexed in LATINDEX and REDIB.

Research and academic publishing are centrally supported by the Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT). Journals are disseminated through the Egyptian Knowledge Bank (EKB), the country’s national scholarly publishing platform.

Approved by the Ministry of Education and Research (Haridus- ja Teadusministeerium). National research is administered by the Estonian Research Council (ETAg) through the Estonian Research Information System (ETIS).

Research and academic publishing are approved and supported by the Ethiopian Ministry of Education (MoE).

Supported by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. Academic journals are published through the Journal.fi platform and evaluated using the Publication Forum (JUFO) classification system.

Approved by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESRI), evaluated through HCERES, and recognized by the National Council of Universities (CNU).

Recognized by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).

Approved by the National Documentation Centre (EKT). Research publications are disseminated through the EKT ePublishing Platform, HEAL-Link, and the Gov.gr Scientific Repository.

Recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Innovation (KIM) and the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH).

Oversees the country’s research and open-access journals. National digital reference portal managed by the Ministry; journals are indexed in GARUDA.

Approved by the Royal Irish Academy, the principal body supporting and promoting scholarly research and academic publications in Ireland.

Recognized by the Ministry of Universities and Research (MUR) and evaluated by ANVUR. Journals are classified as Scientific Journals (Riviste Scientifiche) and the highest-ranking Classe A.

Oversees higher education and scientific research in Jordan. Supports scientific research and innovation initiatives in Jordan.

Approved by the National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI), a state corporation under the Ministry of Education. Research publications are also supported through the Science, Technology and Innovation Review (STIR) journal.

Research and academic publishing are overseen and supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia.

Approved by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Education and supported by the Liechtenstein Institute for research and academic publications.

Research and academic publishing are supported by the Research Council of Lithuania (LMT) and the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport. Journals are recognized through the Lituanistika Database.

Oversees academic research and higher education in Malaysia. National indexing platforms used for indexing Malaysian academic journals.

Champions open access (OA) and academic research in Mexico. National repository where research outputs and open-access publications are indexed.

Research and academic journals are overseen by the Ministry of Education and Research (MER) and the National Agency for Quality Assurance in Education and Research (ANACEC).

Research journals are supported through the Portail des Revues Scientifiques Marocaines (PRSM), managed by IMIST under the Ministry of Higher Education, in collaboration with the National Centre for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST).

Research and academic publishing are overseen by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), with sector-specific research coordinated by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS).

Research publications are supported through specialized peer-reviewed journals managed by Federal Ministries, affiliated research institutes, and Nigerian universities. Journals are widely represented on the African Journals Online (AJOL) platform.

Research publications are recognized through the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MASA). Journals are included in the Macedonian Journal Repository (Izvor), the UKIM e-Journals Portal, and the Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences (OAMJMS).

Approved by the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research. Journals are recognized through the Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals, Series and Publishers and classified under Level 1 and Level 2.

Oversees academic research journals and open-access (OA) policies in Pakistan. National digital library providing access to indexed academic research and journals.

Supports ministry-backed and peer-reviewed open-access journals in the Philippines. National indexing platform for peer-reviewed academic and open-access journals.

Recognized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW). Listed in the Official Scientific Journals List (Wykaz Czasopism Naukowych), the Journal Search Portal, and the BRIDGE of Knowledge Journal Module.

Supported by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the Ministry of Education, Science and Innovation. Research publications are included in the RCAAP and hosted through the SARC.

Recognized by UEFISCDI and the Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitalization (MCID). Journals are classified under national categories such as A, B+, and BDI.

Included in the Russian Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) 2026. Recognized in the White List (K1, K2, and K3 categories) and supported by the Russian Scientific Information Center (RSIC).

Government-supported platform where academic open-access journals are indexed.

Research journals are evaluated and supported by the Ministry of Science, Technological Development and Innovation. Publications are included in SCIndeks (Serbian Citation Index), the NITRA Categorization Portal, and the KoBSON.

Research and academic publishing are overseen by the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth. Publications are supported through the Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (CVTI SR), the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAS), and the NIVAM Pedagogical Journals Directory.

Approved by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation and the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (ARIS). Research publications are included in Open Science Slovenia, dLib.si, University of Ljubljana Press Journals, SICRIS, and COBISS.

Research journals are recognized and accredited by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), which maintains the national journal accreditation framework for academic research.

Ministry-supported citation and research indexing system for academic journals. Open-access journal platform where journals are indexed.

Supported by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities through FECYT, including the RECYT open-access platform. Research activities are also supported by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC).

Research and academic publishing are overseen by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MHESR), with support from the National Centre for Research (NCR).

Supported by the Ministry of Education and Research and the Swedish Research Council (Vetenskapsrådet). Research publications are included in national platforms such as SwePub, SweCRIS, Libris, and the Swedish National Data Service (SND).

Approved by the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Research publications are supported through the Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT), SONAR, SERI Publications, and journals such as ERiV.

Research publications are supported through ministry-backed journals and bulletins. Many peer-reviewed journals are represented on the African Journals Online (AJOL) platform.

Centralized government-supported platform for academic open-access journals. National indexing platform for government-supported and academic open-access journals.

National journal platform managed by TÜBİTAK that hosts thousands of free, open-access academic journals. Operate a robust national open-access ecosystem and support academic publishing.

Approved by the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST). Research publications are supported through the National Research Repository of Uganda (NRU) and the Uganda National Health Research Organisation (UNHRO).

Approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (MESU). Recognized under Category “B” national journals and included in the Open Ukrainian Citation Index (OUCI) and the Ukrainian Scientific Journals Platform.

Supports research through the MoHAP Research Portal and promotes open-access research initiatives. UAEU Scholarworks serves as an institutional repository, while the MoHESR Open Data Platform provides public datasets and supports open access.

Approved by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and recognized through GOV.UK Research and Statistics.

Directly sponsors and publishes open-access research in Uzbekistan. National academy that indexes and supports open-access research publications.

Primarily drive academic publishing and scientific research in Vietnam. Academic journal platform where Vietnamese research journals are indexed.