Open Exploration Publishing Inc. is pleased to announce that two of its journals, Exploration of Cardiology (EC) and Exploration of BioMat-X (EBMX), have successfully passed the Directory of Open Access Journals' (DOAJ) evaluation and were officially indexed by DOAJ on July 14, 2025!

EC page in DOAJ: https://doaj.org/toc/2994-5526 

EBMX page in DOAJ: https://doaj.org/toc/2996-9476 

DOAJ is an internationally renowned academic journal database that indexes high-quality, open-access, peer-reviewed journals from around the world. It is committed to enhancing the visibility, accessibility, reputation, usage and impact of such journals globally, without restrictions based on discipline, geography or language. Its rigorous selection criteria have become the gold standard for open-access publishing. Inclusion in DOAJ is a recognition of our adherence to best practices in transparency, editorial excellence, and open-access publishing ethics.

We sincerely thank Editors-in-Chief, Editorial Board, Guest Editors, authors, reviewers, and readers for their invaluable support in achieving this recognition.

To support the global research community, EBMX and EC will continue to ensure that scientific knowledge remains freely available and widely shared. We warmly invite researchers and scholars to submit high-quality articles, join our editorial and review teams, and contribute to advancing biomaterials development.

For more information about EC, please visit: https://www.explorationpub.com/Journals/ec

For more information about EBMX, please visit: https://www.explorationpub.com/Journals/ebmx