Building academic visibility on clarity, structure and verifiable evidence.
Global Academic Index supports journals and scholarly publishers that want their editorial practices, policies and article information to be easier to understand. We combine independent readiness evaluation, structured directory records, metadata guidance and a defined verification route—without selling fabricated prestige.
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Scholarly work can be serious while its public presentation remains weak.
Editors coordinate submissions, reviewers, revisions, publication schedules, conflicts, corrections and metadata. Yet a new visitor may see only a short About page, an outdated board list and several disconnected policy files. The quality of the underlying effort becomes difficult to assess because the evidence is scattered.
GAI focuses on this practical problem. We ask whether an independent researcher can identify the journal, understand who is responsible, locate the peer-review and ethics process, see all publishing terms and reach stable article records. Where eligible services apply, that information can then be presented through a structured GAI journal or article record.
Make the journal understandable
Clarify identity, ownership, scope, editorial responsibility, review practices, fees, licences and research-integrity safeguards.
Make records more consistent
Improve the relationship between article pages, DOI deposits, feeds, exports and the public journal description.
Make status verifiable
Give users a direct route to check a GAI record or reference and understand its precise scope.
Our mission
Our mission is to support responsible scholarly discoverability by improving the clarity, consistency and accessibility of journal information. We want editorial teams to treat policies and metadata as working infrastructure rather than formal pages created only for an application.
For journal editors
A practical framework for seeing the journal through an author’s or reviewer’s eyes. Missing information becomes a prioritized improvement task rather than an unexplained rejection.
For publishers
A repeatable structure for coordinating identity, policy and metadata evidence across one journal or a multi-title portfolio.
For researchers and authors
More accessible information about what the journal claims, who operates it and where its record can be checked.
For institutions and libraries
Structured directory information with explicit boundaries, original-source links and a route for record questions.
Evidence must support the journal’s public claims.
Evaluation is not based on visual polish alone. A website may look modern but leave authors uncertain about fees, rights, peer review or complaints. A longer policy may appear comprehensive yet fail to assign responsibility. GAI therefore considers the relationship between multiple signals.
Identity and governance
Official title, publisher, ownership, country, domains, ISSNs, editorial roles, affiliations and decision authority.
Editorial process
Scope screening, reviewer selection, confidentiality, conflicts, revisions, decisions, special issues and appeals.
Ethics and accountability
Authorship, plagiarism, misconduct, data integrity, consent, corrections, retractions, complaints and conflicts.
Publishing terms
All author charges, waivers, copyright, licences, access model, publication schedule and archive conditions.
Metadata and access
Titles, authors, abstracts, identifiers, dates, source links and available Crossref, OAI-PMH, RSS, XML or CSV sources.
Record maintenance
How editorial, URL, identifier, policy and publication-status changes are reported and corrected.
Four service routes for different stages
Basic Journal Evaluation
For new or improving journals that need readiness findings before seeking an annual directory service.
Published price: €49.
Standard Index Listing
For eligible journals needing a structured annual GAI journal record, Index ID and applicable verification reference.
Published price: €149/year.
Professional Article-Level Indexing
For eligible journals with usable metadata sources and a need for up to 100 article metadata records in the annual scope.
Published price: €395/year.
Publisher Package
For organizations coordinating several journals, with a publisher profile and up to ten eligible journal listings.
Published price: €990/year.
What makes responsible visibility different?
Responsible visibility does not promise citations, rankings, accreditation or author submissions. It improves the conditions under which a journal can be found and assessed: accurate information, stable links, explicit policies, consistent identifiers and accessible metadata.
This limitation is central to the platform’s credibility. Applicants should name GAI precisely, link directly to their record and verify all third-party claims with the relevant third party.
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What happens when a journal applies?
- The journal prepares official identity, policy, archive and metadata links.
- The applicant selects the service appropriate to its actual stage.
- The application and matching Stripe payment use the same title and email.
- GAI reviews the submitted and publicly available evidence.
- Questions or readiness gaps may be communicated to the applicant.
- Eligible applicants receive the deliverables included in their selected scope.
- Publishers report material changes so records can remain accurate.
Do not buy a badge. Build a journal record that can be understood and verified.
If the journal is still developing, begin with readiness evaluation. If its evidence and metadata are mature, compare the directory and article-level scopes. Contact GAI before payment whenever the correct route is unclear.
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