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Journal Cited by Wikipedia now tracks free DOIs
editAs of August 18, the JCW compilation (see previous Signpost coverage) now tracks the number of distinct DOIs present on Wikipedia, and how many are flagged with |doi-access=free. Several of which are automatically tracked and tagged as free-to-read by template and bots. As of the August 1 dump, the compilation kept track of 3.7M citations, of which 2.4M had DOIs. Of the citations that had DOIs, 661,103 were identified as free-to-read, or about 27.4%.
The 17–18 August 2024 update of the CS1/2 module further identified the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (doi prefix 10.4230) and the Living Reviews journal series (doi prefix 10.12942) as free-to-read registrants, as well as 11 individual journals that can be identifier by the starting pattern of DOI (like 10.1046/j.1365-8711..., 10.1093/mnras.., and 10.1111/j.1365-2966... for the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society).
Citation bot will automatically flag those with |doi-access=free when it runs on the article (see our guide on how to use Citation bot yourself). However, if you notice a DOI link takes you to a free-to-read article that wasn't flagged by the bot, you can flag the citation manually with |doi-access=free. You can also try to use WP:OABOT (see our guide on how to use OAbot yourself).
Following the 20 August dump, the compilation kept track of 3.XM citations, of which 2.XM had DOIs. Of the citations that had DOIs, XXX,XXX were identified as free-to-read, or about XX.X%, (up from 27.4%). If you are aware of fully free-to-read journals/publishers that aren't already kept track by the CS1/CS2 templates (see CS1/2 FAQ), leave a note at Help talk:CS1 and User talk:Citation bot.
Related to the JCW update, all CS1/CS2 templates (like {{cite journal}} and {{citation}}), and the standalone templates {{doi}} and {{doi-inline}}, now support the flagging of a free-to-read DOIs with |doi-access=free.
Thanks to editors Headbomb and Trappist the monk for their efforts on templates and the identification of free-to-read publishers/journals, as well as the maintainers of Citation bot, JL-Bot, and OAbot (particularly AManWithNoPlan, JLaTondre and User:Nemo bis) for facilitating the mass-tagging of free-to-read articles.
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