From: Dietrich Rordorf / MDPI <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 09:24:06 +0200 I have also been questioning the validity of this "70-80% no-APC OA journals" figure. The number of articles actually published with a fee is more difficult to obtain as even within large OA journals there is a significant fraction of articles published in open access format with charges waived. MDPI published 7000 papers in open access format in 2012, whereof roughly 1/3 had no charges at all. The best approach would be to choose a random sample of articles from the DOAJ published in 2012, and contact the authors to find out if there was a charge associated with their paper published in OA format. Best, Dietrich On 31.05.2013 06:29, LIBLICENSE wrote: > From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 09:43:57 > +0000 > > Dear Lars, > > Thanks for sharing this link about the 70% of journals not charging > APCs, according to the DOAJ. > > An important question however is what proportion of open access > articles do these 70% of journals publish? Some of the biggest > journals, such as PLOS One, charge APCs. Does anyone know of a > report that could indicate how many open access *articles* are > published with an author fee? > > Also important to note that some open access journals that do not > charge APCs recoup costs through indirectly charging their authors > through society membership fees (and the society covers all or part > of the APCs). > > Kind regards, > > Iain Hrynaszkiewicz Outreach Director FACULTY of 1000 > http://f1000.com Email: [log in to unmask] London W1T 4LB, > UK > > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Lars Bjørnshauge" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 09:16:51 +0200 > > Sandy, > > to your questions below: > > The 30% of OA-journals applying APCs covers a wide range of journals, > many of these from PloS, BMC, Springer Open, Hindawi, Copernicus, > Dove, MDPI etc. to a number of smaller publishers like Co-Action > etc. > > The 30% figure is generated from the DOAJ where you can browse for > journals with/without APCs - > http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=byPublicationFee&uiLanguage=en. > > Allthough we haven´t had as our first priority to check DOAJ against > various lists of "shabby" publishers I am absolutely sure that only > a small fraction of the 30% (2500+ journals) is listed by Beall. > > The criteria currently applied by DOAJ in the selcetion process you > can find here - > http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=loadTemplate&template=about&uiLanguage=en#criteria. > > DOAJ will shortly launch new, tighter, even more objective, > transparent and more detailed criteria more closely addressing the > quality of the editorial process and openness. > > Lars Bjørnshauge > > e.mail: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]