From: David Prosser <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 08:53:22 +0100
This is a very interesting case. On Elsevier's website, we see:
Imprint: Elsevier
Which implies some level of responsibility. But even more intriguing,
the journal does not appear to be openly available through the
Elsevier website - papers are only available either to Science Direct
subscribers or for purchase at $31.50 a paper:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/09757619
The papers are freely available from the journal website (which
equally intriguingly carries an Elsevier copyright notice, although
the papers themselves are copyright JPR Solutions):
http://www.ditonline.org/home
As far as I can see, and it is a little foggy to me, this journal is
generating author income, big deal revenue and pay-per-view
possibilities - all for the same articles. It appears to have all of
the bases covered
David
On 23 Oct 2013, at 22:15, LIBLICENSE wrote:
From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 21:59:52 -0400
I was under the impression that Elsevier did not publish the journal
that accepted the "sting" article, but that Elsevier has a services
arrangement with the journal's publisher. Am I mistaken about this?
It's a material item. In a service relationship, Elsevier ( or any of
the publishers that do this kind of thing, including Wiley, OUP,
Cambridge, Springer, Sage, etc., etc.), the service provider has not
involvement with editorial selection. Consider the alternative:
would anyone want a service provider to be telling the professional
societies whose journals they host and distribute what to publish?
Assigning responsibility in a situation like this is complicated. But
once again we should thank Bohannon for making everybody pay
attention.
Joe Esposito
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