From: Bill Cohen <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 19:26:26 -0400 An author should, in view full disclosure, indicate when posting on this listserve that his own journal is published by one of the predatory publishers on Beall's List. On 7/15/12 6:35 PM, LIBLICENSE wrote: > From: Ken Masters <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2012 06:56:54 +0200 > > Hi All > > Prof. Beall's list must be taken with a mountain of salt, as it is > fraught with problems. > > For example, he makes it clear that he does NOT evaluate at the > journal level, only at publisher level. How then, we should ask, does > he get to include independent journals on his list? How then, does he > evaluate article quality? > > On the moral side, in which he attempts to take the high ground, he > does not disclose that he is on the editorial board of a journal > published by Taylor & Francis. He has very effectively used his blog, > Facebook, The Chronicle, and, inadvertently, this list, to trash the > competition. > > There are many other problems with his list, but far too numerous to > repeat on this list. > > Regards > > Ken > > Dr. Ken Masters > Asst. Professor: Medical Informatics > Medical Education Unit > College of Medicine & Health Sciences > Sultan Qaboos University > Sultanate of Oman > E-i-C: The Internet Journal of Medical Education > > > > On 12 July 2012 21:23, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> From: Richard Poynder <[log in to unmask] >> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:01:47 +0100 >> >> Jeffrey Beall, a metadata librarian at the University of Colorado >> Denver, maintains a list of what he calls “predatory publishers”. That >> is, publishers who, as Beall puts it, “unprofessionally exploit the >> gold open-access model for their own profit.” Amongst other things, >> this can mean that papers are subjected to little or no peer review >> before they are published. >> >> Currently, Beall’s blog list of predatory publishers lists over 100 >> separate companies, and 38 independent journals. And the list is >> growing by 3 to 4 new publishers each week. >> >> Beall’s opening salvo against predatory publishers came in 2009, when >> he published a review of the OA publisher Bentham Open for The >> Charleston Advisor. Since then, he has written further articles on the >> topic, and has been featured twice in The Chronicle of Higher >> Education. >> >> His work on predatory publishers has caused Beall to become seriously >> concerned about the risks attached to gold OA. And he is surprised at >> how little attention these risks get from the research community. As >> he puts it, “I am dismayed that most discussions of gold open-access >> fail to include the quality problems I have documented. Too many OA >> commenters look only at the theory and ignore the practice. We must >> ‘maintain the integrity of the academic record’, and I am doubtful >> that gold open-access is the best long-term way to accomplish that.” >> >> An interview with Jeffrey Beall is available here: >> >> http://poynder.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/oa-interviews-jeffrey-beall-university.html >> >> Richard Poynder