From: Richard James <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 20:37:37 -0400

Well, to bring together this thread along with the "review forum..."
thread: has it been suggested previously that a (non-predatory)
journal of journal reviews might be worthwhile. Of course, it would
have to be OA. Perhaps Jeffrey Beall could be the EIC?

But seriously, if this is a gap in the market it is a puzzling one. I
haven't been in the field long enough to know if this is old news or
not, but book reviews in their own journals or in subject-specific
ones are the essential bread and butter of collection development. Why
are journals not included in this field?


On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 6:05 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Jan Velterop <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 07:05:52 +0100
>
> It is of course good and proper to take a close look at new journals
> or new publishers to see if they deliver what should be expected, if
> one is considering to subscribe or submit papers (irrespective of a
> journal being OA or not). Buyer beware, after all. But it seems that
> any journal or publisher newly on the (Western) scene is now suspected
> to be 'predatory'.
>
> Just avaricious, exploitative vultures, these new non-western
> publishers, aren't they? "Of course suspecting another predatory
> publisher." Unless proven innocent. The "of course" is out of order.
>
> Can't we have a less condemnatory sobriquet than 'predatory', just in
> case new journals or publishers are in fact honest attempts, albeit
> perhaps flawed here and there? Something like 'as yet unproven'
> journals or publishers? 'Predatory' has a criminal tinge to it and is
> best reserved for publishers that truly can be proven to be.
>
> Jan Velterop
>
> On 5 Jun 2013, at 23:11, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]>
> > Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 00:33:07 -0700
> >
> > Dear List,
> >
> > I received this message and of course suspecting another predatory publisher.
> >
> > I would value Jeffrey Beall's opinions on this matter.
> >
> > Ari Belenkiy