From: Anali Perry <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 01:09:13 +0000

Related to Jim’s earlier note, here’s another article that might be of
interest. From the Australian Open Access Strategy Group:

https://aoasg.org.au/2017/03/27/not-the-beall-and-end-all/

“Assessing reputable places to publish is a shared responsibility; one
that should (ideally) be dispersed among academic authors and their
institution(s). Those who have a stake in such assessment may include
– but by no means be limited to – researchers and trusted colleagues,
students and supervisors, research administrators and research
librarians.

…The time is ripe for the academic community to encourage users of his
blacklists – or, for that matter, users of any other list attempting
to rank or articulate quality outlets – to actively adopt a broader
suite of indicators and thereby build a stronger evidence base with
which to make informed decisions on where to publish.”

Cheers,

Anali Maughan Perry
Associate Librarian - Collections & Scholarly Communication
Arizona State University Libraries
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