From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:32:17 -0400

We should note as well the role of Jeffrey Beall in initiating a process
that began this reformation.  Beall is a controversial figure, but with
activists it is possible to eat a la carte.

Joe Esposito


On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 1:25 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 08:41:59 -0400
>
> See the following article regarding a re-vamp of the DOAJ.  Kudos to
> the DOAJ for taking on this overhaul.
>
> "Now, following criticism of its quality-control checks, the website
> is asking all of the journals in its directory to reapply on the basis
> of stricter criteria. It hopes the move will weed out ‘predatory
> journals’: those that profess to publish research openly, often
> charging fees, but that are either outright scams or do not provide
> the services a scientist would expect, such as a minimal standard of
> peer review or permanent archiving."
>
> http://www.nature.com/news/open-access-website-gets-tough-1.15674?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Copyright%20%26%20A2K%20Issues%20-%208%20August%202014
>
> [Also see the 5 August liblicense-l posting (reproduced below) linking
> to West/Bergstrom's article about economic considerations in
> submitting to OA journals.  The work considers the relationship
> between APCs and journal prestige.]
>
> Jevin West, Ted Bergstrom, Carl Bergstrom.  Cost Effectiveness of Open
> Access Publications.
>
> http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1132&context=ted_bergstrom
>
> To be published in Fall 2014:  Economic Inquiry 52.4 (2014)
>
> [A journal from Western Economic Association & Wiley]
>
> Abstract
>
> Open access publishing has been proposed as one possible solution to
> the serials crisis—the rapidly growing subscription prices in
> scholarly journal publishing. However, open access publishing can
> present economic pitfalls as well, such as excessive article
> processing charges. We discuss the decision that an author faces when
> choosing to submit to an open access journal. We develop an
> interactive tool to help authors compare among alternative open access
> venues and thereby get the most for their article processing charges.