From: "Virginia Barbour, Executive Officer, AOASG" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2015 06:10:48 +1000

Hi Dom, I note that there are no PLOS journals on this and only a few
BMC journals that I could see - which seems odd as these are the
exemplars of OA journals . Is this just a question of timing - ie will
there be other bulk releases or is there another explanation?
Thanks for clarifying. I think this will quickly get taken up so it
will be important to be able to explain inclusions and exclusions to
potential authors etc

Thanks
Ginny

NB Competing interest is that I previously worked at PLOS as Medicine
and Biology Editorial Director  but don't now.


Dr Virginia Barbour
Executive Officer, Australian Open Access Support Group - AOASG
Brisbane, Australia
ORCID : 0000-0002-2358-2440

web: http://aoasg.org.au/
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The AOASG  exists to advocate, collaborate, raise awareness and lead &
build capacity in open access.

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 4:16 AM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Dominic Mitchell <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2015 11:29:51 +0200
>
> In our continuing efforts to make it easier for authors, librarians,
> and readers to identify high quality open access journals, DOAJ has
> now activated its DOAJ Seal which is awarded to journals that adhere
> to high levels of openness, best practice and publishing standards.
>
> https://doajournals.wordpress.com/2015/06/11/doaj-seal-is-now-live-on-the-site/
>
> There are currently 88 journals in DOAJ that have the Seal. We've
> added a facet to the search so that users can identify Seal journals
> immediately. http://bit.ly/1S7wNxl
>
> It is important to note that DOAJ Seal does not and indeed cannot
> judge journals on their academic merit.
>
> Best, Dom
> Community Manager