Abstracting and indexing
Where the work can be found.
This list includes what the journal has applied for and not yet got. Most indexes require a publication record before they will assess a journal at all, so a new one's honest answer to most of this is "applied, waiting", and an author choosing where to send a paper is better served by that than by a list that mentions only the successes.
Indexed in
Every article page carries Highwire Press citation metadata, which is what Scholar reads.
Applied for, or planned
CrossrefPlanned
Digital Object Identifiers are registered for published articles once the Centre holds a Crossref membership.
Directory of Open Access JournalsPlanned
Applied for once the journal has published its first issue, which is the DOAJ requirement.
PubMed CentralPlanned
Applied for after a publication record has been established; PMC assesses scientific and technical quality together.
ScopusPlanned
Eligible after two years of consistent publication, which is the Content Selection and Advisory Board's requirement.
Web of SciencePlanned
Evaluated through the Emerging Sources Citation Index once the journal has a sustained record.
OpenAIREPlanned
Harvested through the journal's open metadata once a persistent identifier scheme is in place.
What happens meanwhile
Every article page carries Highwire Press citation metadata: title, authors, affiliations, date, volume, pages, DOI where there is one, abstract and keywords. That is what Google Scholar documents as its requirement and what every reference manager understands, so an article is findable and citable from the day it is published whatever the state of the applications above.
Each article also has a permanent reference allocated from the Centre's own register when the manuscript is submitted. It is never reused, so it identifies the work whether or not a DOI is ever registered against it.
On DOIs
A DOI requires a Crossref membership, which is a paid annual subscription plus a fee per deposit. The Centre will take one; until it does, this page says so rather than implying otherwise.
The machinery is already built: a DOI recorded against an article is printed on its page, in its citation and in its metadata. Nothing has to change in the journal when the membership exists.