# BeaverCheck Audit Report — https://doaj.org **Date:** April 21, 2026 **URL:** https://doaj.org **Overall Grade:** B (80/100) **Report:** https://beavercheck.com/results/d435f02c-d93f-4267-92f9-08c3da8c2ca0 ## Top Findings 1. **[CRITICAL]** Content-Security-Policy header is missing — Security > Security Headers 2. **[CRITICAL]** HSTS header is missing — Security > Security Headers 3. **[CRITICAL]** No Content-Security-Policy header found — Security > Content Security Policy 4. **[CRITICAL]** 1 link(s) with no accessible text — Accessibility > Link & Button Quality 5. **[WARNING]** 14 third-party resources (47% of weight) — Performance > Page Weight Inventory --- ## Lighthouse Scores | Category | Score | |----------|-------| | Performance | 98 | | Accessibility | 88 | | Best Practices | 100 | | SEO | 100 | --- ## Security ### Security Headers (F — 10/100) *2 of 10 headers properly configured* - **[CRITICAL]** HSTS header is missing — Strict-Transport-Security forces browsers to use HTTPS, preventing downgrade attacks. Add the header with a max-age of at least 1 year. - **[WARNING]** X-Content-Type-Options header is missing — This header prevents MIME-type sniffing, which can lead to XSS attacks. Set it to 'nosniff'. - **[WARNING]** X-Frame-Options header is missing — This header prevents clickjacking by controlling who can embed your page in a frame. Set it to DENY or SAMEORIGIN. - **[WARNING]** Referrer-Policy header is missing — Controls how much referrer information is sent with requests. Set to 'strict-origin-when-cross-origin' or stricter. - **[WARNING]** Permissions-Policy header is missing — Controls which browser features (camera, microphone, geolocation) are allowed. Set it to restrict unused features. - **[CRITICAL]** Content-Security-Policy header is missing — CSP is the most important header for preventing XSS attacks. See the CSP section for detailed analysis. - **[WARNING]** Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy header is missing — COOP isolates your browsing context, preventing cross-origin side-channel attacks. Set to 'same-origin'. - **[WARNING]** Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy header is missing — COEP prevents loading cross-origin resources without explicit permission. Required for SharedArrayBuffer and high-resolution timers. - **[PASS]** X-Powered-By header is not present - **[PASS]** Server header is present without version info ### Content Security Policy (F — 0/100) *No enforcing CSP policy found* - **[CRITICAL]** No Content-Security-Policy header found — CSP is the most effective defense against XSS attacks. Add a Content-Security-Policy header to restrict resource loading. ### TLS & Certificates (A+ — 100/100) *TLS 1.3, 7 checks passed* - **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 is used - **[PASS]** Strong cipher suite is used - **[INFO]** HTTP/2 is not negotiated — HTTP/2 provides multiplexing and header compression for better performance. - **[PASS]** Certificate is valid (expires in 86 days) - **[PASS]** Certificate chain has 3 certificates - **[PASS]** Certificate uses modern signature algorithm - **[PASS]** Certificate covers 2 domain(s) - **[PASS]** Certificate is issued by a trusted CA ### Cookie Security (A+ — 100/100) *No cookies set — no cookie security risks* - **[PASS]** No cookies set — no cookie security risks --- ## Advanced Security ### Subresource Integrity (D — 40/100) *1 of 3 external resources have SRI* - **[WARNING]** External link from fonts.googleapis.com lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code. - **[WARNING]** External script from plausible.io lacks integrity attribute — Without SRI, if this CDN is compromised, attackers could inject malicious code. - **[PASS]** script from static.cloudflareinsights.com has SRI protection ### JS Library Vulnerabilities (A+ — 100/100) *No known vulnerabilities* - **[PASS]** No known JavaScript library vulnerabilities detected ### Information Leakage (A+ — 100/100) *No exposures* - **[INFO]** No security.txt found — Consider adding a security.txt at /.well-known/security.txt. - **[PASS]** No sensitive files exposed ### Email Security (F — 30/100) *No DMARC* - **[WARNING]** No DMARC record found — Without DMARC, email receivers have no policy for handling authentication failures. ### Permissions-Policy (D — 40/100) *No header set* - **[WARNING]** No Permissions-Policy header — Consider adding a Permissions-Policy header to restrict browser feature access from embedded content. ### CORS Configuration (C — 60/100) *Origin: ** - **[INFO]** Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * — unrestricted — Any website can read this resource's response. Appropriate for public APIs but not for user-specific content. - **[INFO]** Origin reflection not testable with a single request — Some servers reflect the request Origin header. This requires manual testing with a crafted Origin header. --- ## Performance ### Page Weight Budget (A+ — 100/100) *273 KB transferred, 32 requests* - **[PASS]** Page weighs 728 KB (273 KB transferred) - **[PASS]** 32 HTTP requests - **[INFO]** Estimated 0.06 g CO2 per page load ### Third-Party Impact (B — 70/100) *47% third-party, 0 ms blocking* - **[INFO]** Third-party code accounts for 47% of page weight (127.2 KiB of 273.5 KiB) - **[PASS]** Third-party blocking time is low (0 ms) ### Text Compression (A+ — 100/100) *All text resources are compressed* - **[PASS]** All text resources are compressed ### Image Optimization (A+ — 95/100) *4 images, 0 KB saveable* - **[PASS]** All images are well-optimized ### JS Execution Cost (B — 80/100) *649ms total JS execution* - **[WARNING]** https://doaj.org/: 397ms CPU time - **[INFO]** Unattributable: 140ms CPU time - **[INFO]** https://doaj.org/static/vendor/jquery-3.4.1/jquery...: 112ms CPU time - **[INFO]** Third-party scripts: 140ms (22% of total) ### Font Loading (A+ — 100/100) *7 fonts (112 KB)* - **[INFO]** 7 font(s) use font-display: swap (FOUT risk but functional) ### JS Bundles (B — 80/100) *12 scripts, 0 KB unused* - **[WARNING]** https://doaj.org/static/js/bootstrap.doaj.js: unminified — 2 KB could be saved - **[WARNING]** https://doaj.org/static/vendor/tablesorter-2.3.10/...: unminified — 5 KB could be saved ### Resource Caching (A+ — 100/100) *All resources properly cached* - **[PASS]** No caching issues found ### Critical Rendering Path (A+ — 100/100) *No render-blocking resources* - **[PASS]** No render-blocking resources detected ### Resource Hints (A+ — 100/100) *2 hints, 0 missing preconnects* - **[PASS]** Page uses 2 resource hint(s) ### Page Weight Inventory (A — 85/100) *32 resources · 273 KB · 0 KB savings available* - **[PASS]** Within 1MB page-weight target - **[WARNING]** 14 third-party resources (47% of weight) ### Render-Blocking Resources (A+ — 100/100) *No render-blocking resources detected* - **[PASS]** No render-blocking resources detected in ### Third-Party Resources (A+ — 100/100) *No third-party resources detected* --- ## Content Quality ### Links (F — 40/100) *103 links checked, 76 healthy, 27 broken* - **[CRITICAL]** 76 of 103 links are healthy - **[WARNING]** Broken link: https://fonts.gstatic.com — Found in . Returns HTTP 404. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/apply/publisher-responsibilities/ — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/apply/copyright-and-licensing/ — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/search/journals — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/search/articles — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/account/login — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/search/journals?source=%7B%22query%22%3A... — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/feed — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/toc/2805-7090 — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/toc/2965-5293 — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/toc/2980-1117 — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/toc/2522-4182 — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/toc/1989-4619 — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/toc/3078-8404 — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/toc/2660-9231 — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/toc/2013-5254 — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/toc/1989-6441 — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/toc/1988-8503 — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/toc/2013-9144 — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/toc/2215-5538 — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/toc/2452-445X — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/toc/3046-7098 — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/toc/2722-3639 — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/terms/ — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/contact/ — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/code-of-conduct/ — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. - **[CRITICAL]** Broken link: https://doaj.org/media/ — Found in . Returns HTTP 429. ### Mixed Content (A+ — 100/100) *No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS.* - **[PASS]** No mixed content detected — all resources use HTTPS ### Open Graph (A — 95/100) *Open Graph tags are well configured for social sharing.* - **[INFO]** og:description is long (201 characters) — Descriptions over 200 characters may be truncated in social sharing previews. - **[INFO]** Missing og:site_name — The og:site_name tag displays the website name in social previews. ### Structured Data (C — 40/100) *No structured data (JSON-LD) found.* - **[INFO]** No structured data (JSON-LD) found — Adding structured data helps search engines understand your content and can enable rich results. --- ## Infrastructure ### DNS Records (A+ — 100/100) *3 A records, 36 ms lookup* - **[PASS]** Resolves to 3 IPv4 address(es) - **[PASS]** Has 3 IPv6 (AAAA) record(s) - **[PASS]** 2 nameserver(s) configured - **[PASS]** 7 mail exchanger(s) configured - **[INFO]** CAA records not checked — CAA record lookup requires a specialized DNS resolver. This check will be available in a future update. - **[PASS]** SPF record present in TXT - **[PASS]** DNS resolution time: 36 ms ### Redirect Chain (A+ — 100/100) *No redirects — direct access* - **[PASS]** No redirects — direct access ### IPv6 Readiness (A+ — 100/100) *IPv6 reachable (17 ms)* - **[PASS]** IPv6 is configured and reachable at 2606:4700:20::681a:cf3, 2606:4700:20::681a:df3, 2606:4700:20::ac43:4b1a ### Crawlability (A+ — 100/100) *robots.txt present, sitemap with 91 URLs* - **[PASS]** robots.txt is present - **[PASS]** sitemap.xml is present - **[PASS]** sitemap.xml is valid XML - **[PASS]** sitemap.xml contains 91 entries - **[PASS]** Sitemap index with 91 child sitemaps - **[PASS]** robots.txt references sitemap ### URL Variants (A+ — 100/100) *www/non-www, trailing slash, HTTP→HTTPS* - **[PASS]** www/non-www redirect configured correctly (preferred: non-www) - **[PASS]** HTTP correctly 301-redirects to HTTPS ### Domain Intelligence *Domain intelligence data not available* --- ## Compliance ### WCAG Compliance (A+ — 100/100) *No testable criteria* ### Cookie Consent & Privacy (A+ — 100/100) *privacy policy found* - **[PASS]** Privacy policy link found - **[PASS]** Terms of service link found - **[INFO]** No cookie consent banner detected - **[INFO]** This is an automated check, not legal advice — BeaverCheck detects technical indicators of consent management. This does not constitute a legal compliance assessment. Consult a privacy professional for GDPR/CCPA compliance. ### Language & i18n (A — 90/100) *Lang attribute present* - **[PASS]** attribute is present - **[PASS]** value is valid - **[INFO]** No Content-Language HTTP header - **[INFO]** Language signals are inconsistent — The attribute and Content-Language header should agree. ### Readability & Typography (A+ — 100/100) *Font sizes and tap targets checked* ### Viewport Configuration (A+ — 100/100) *Viewport properly configured* - **[PASS]** Viewport meta tag is present - **[PASS]** width=device-width is set - **[PASS]** User zooming is allowed ### Third-Party Trackers (A+ — 95/100) *3 trackers detected* - **[INFO]** 3 third-party trackers detected — Found 3 analytics, 0 advertising, 0 marketing, 0 tag manager trackers. ### Cookie & Tracker Inventory (A+ — 100/100) *0 cookies · 3 trackers · 0 pre-consent* - **[INFO]** 3 third-party tracker(s) detected on page --- ## Legal ### Legal Page Ecosystem (B — 70/100) *3 of 7 expected legal pages detected* - **[PASS]** Privacy Policy detected — Found at /privacy/. - **[PASS]** Terms of Service detected — Found at /terms/, linked from footer. - **[INFO]** Cookie Policy not detected — No link matching common Cookie Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Cookie Policy, especially those collecting user data. - **[PASS]** Accessibility Statement detected — Found at /accessibility/, linked from footer. - **[INFO]** DMCA / Copyright Notice not detected — No link matching common DMCA / Copyright Notice URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a DMCA / Copyright Notice, especially those collecting user data. - **[INFO]** Refund / Returns Policy not detected — No link matching common Refund / Returns Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Refund / Returns Policy, especially those collecting user data. - **[INFO]** Acceptable Use Policy not detected — No link matching common Acceptable Use Policy URL patterns or link text was found. Most websites are expected to have a Acceptable Use Policy, especially those collecting user data. ### Copyright Notice (C — 55/100) *No copyright notice detected* - **[INFO]** No copyright notice detected — No copyright notice detected in the page content. While not legally required in most jurisdictions (copyright exists automatically), a notice is standard practice and signals site ownership. ### Regulatory Indicators *3 regulatory indicator(s) detected* - **[INFO]** This is a technical scan, not a legal assessment — BeaverCheck detects technical indicators that may suggest regulatory relevance. This is not a compliance audit and should not be relied upon for legal decisions. Consult qualified legal counsel for compliance assessments. - **[INFO]** GDPR indicators detected (moderate confidence) — Indicators suggesting GDPR may be relevant: Privacy policy page found. EU General Data Protection Regulation — governs collection and processing of personal data of EU residents. - **[INFO]** ADA indicators detected (moderate confidence) — Indicators suggesting ADA may be relevant: Accessibility statement page found. Americans with Disabilities Act / Section 508 — requires digital accessibility for people with disabilities. - **[INFO]** HIPAA indicators detected (weak confidence) — Indicators suggesting HIPAA may be relevant: Text mentions: phi. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act — protects sensitive patient health information. ### Third-Party Data Sharing *0 third-party service(s) detected* - **[INFO]** Data inventory for transparency purposes — This inventory identifies third-party services that receive data from your site visitors. Under regulations like GDPR (Article 30), maintaining records of data processing activities is commonly considered a best practice. This automated scan provides a starting point — it may not capture all data flows. - **[INFO]** No recognized third-party data-sharing services detected — This page does not appear to load external tracking, analytics, or advertising scripts. ### Compliance Badges (B — 70/100) *1 compliance badge(s) detected* - **[PASS]** TRUSTe / TrustArc badge detected — Found via body text: 'truste'. Note: the presence of a badge does not verify the certification is current or valid. --- ## Availability ### CDN & Delivery (A — 85/100) *Cloudflare (DYNAMIC)* - **[PASS]** Site is served via Cloudflare CDN (edge: CDG) - **[INFO]** CDN cache status: DYNAMIC ### HTTP Caching (F — 30/100) *No cache headers* - **[WARNING]** No Cache-Control header found — Browsers will use heuristic caching, which can be unpredictable. Set explicit cache headers. ### Transport Security (B — 75/100) *HTTP/3, HSTS, and TLS version analysis* - **[INFO]** HTTP/3 (QUIC) not advertised — HTTP/3 eliminates head-of-line blocking. If your CDN supports it, consider enabling it. - **[WARNING]** Missing Strict-Transport-Security header — HSTS tells browsers to only use HTTPS, preventing SSL stripping attacks. - **[PASS]** TLS 1.3 in use (fastest handshake, 1-RTT) --- ## Accessibility ### Landmark Structure (B — 75/100) *10 landmarks* - **[PASS]**
landmark present - **[PASS]** 2