From: Ken Masters <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:50:53 +0200 [MOD NOTE: With Ken Masters having replied, below, we should discontinue this particular piece of the thread, as it may have outlived its productive phase. Thank you.] Hi All For the record, I have disclosed this information on several occasions. Some examples: 1. On this list, when Beall's list was discussed, I sent a mail (10 March 2012) addressing several of his fallacies. That mail begins with the statement "I'm an editor of one the the journals that is published by ISPUB, listed as a predator publisher." Perhaps you missed that. 2. On his blog, where I posted a similar reply to his fallacies, I disclosed that fact also. (As you read and contribute to his blog, it's a pity you missed that also). 3. My signature contains the information stating that I am editor of the journal. It appears in every mail I have sent to this list. Just how much more disclosure is required? 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 17 July 2012 02:37, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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