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