From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:54:59 -0600
At $188 per article, clearly these articles are not being copyedited.
So, what does that say about the quality of these journals? If you
tell me that the articles are being copyedited by the scholars who run
the journals, then (1) they are not being professionally copyedited
(as few scholars have the skills needed to do that job) and (2) the
opportunity cost of the scholars spending their time copyediting
instead of doing research for which they are better qualified is not
being counted as a cost.
Sandy Thatcher
> From: Heather Morrison <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:50:32 -0800
>
> Anthony Watkinson wrote:
>
>> What are scholar-led journals please?
>
>
> Response: journals led by active scholars (as opposed to professional
> not-for-profit or commercial publishers). These are often small
> independent journals; many find online hosting and support services
> through their libraries.
>
> Edgar and Willinsky talk about the OJS phenonenom as a renaissance of
> scholar led publishing in this article: Edgar, B. D., & Willinsky, J.
> (2010) (In press). A survey of the scholarly journals using open
> journal systems. Scholarly and Research Communication, Retrieved
> August 27, 2011 from http://pkp.sfu.ca/node/2773
>
> In brief, the free, open source Open Journal Systems developed by
> Willinsky and colleagues in the Public Knowledge Project, is now used
> by over 10 thousand journals all over the world, many of which are
> smaller independent journals led by scholars. The group surveyed had
> an average expenditure of $188 per article. A full flip to this system
> would result in the greatest cost savings for libraries (over 90% of
> current spend). The $2 million in savings for Iowa assumes a mixed
> model, half of publishing in open access journals using OJS at $188
> per article, and the other half using the article processing fee
> approach with an average of $1,350 (the PLoS ONE fee).
>
> If anyone is interested in more detail, please see chapter 4 of my
> draft dissertation, The Economics of Scholarly Communication in
> Transition:
>
> http://pages.cmns.sfu.ca/heather-morrison/chapter-4-economics-of-scholarly-communication-in-transition/
>
> There are some charts and graphs, so I like to think that it's easier
> reading that one might guess from the title.
>
> best,
>
> Heather Morrison
> The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics
> http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com
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