From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2014 16:32:17 -0400 We should note as well the role of Jeffrey Beall in initiating a process that began this reformation. Beall is a controversial figure, but with activists it is possible to eat a la carte. Joe Esposito On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 1:25 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2014 08:41:59 -0400 > > See the following article regarding a re-vamp of the DOAJ. Kudos to > the DOAJ for taking on this overhaul. > > "Now, following criticism of its quality-control checks, the website > is asking all of the journals in its directory to reapply on the basis > of stricter criteria. It hopes the move will weed out ‘predatory > journals’: those that profess to publish research openly, often > charging fees, but that are either outright scams or do not provide > the services a scientist would expect, such as a minimal standard of > peer review or permanent archiving." > > http://www.nature.com/news/open-access-website-gets-tough-1.15674?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Copyright%20%26%20A2K%20Issues%20-%208%20August%202014 > > [Also see the 5 August liblicense-l posting (reproduced below) linking > to West/Bergstrom's article about economic considerations in > submitting to OA journals. The work considers the relationship > between APCs and journal prestige.] > > Jevin West, Ted Bergstrom, Carl Bergstrom. Cost Effectiveness of Open > Access Publications. > > http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1132&context=ted_bergstrom > > To be published in Fall 2014: Economic Inquiry 52.4 (2014) > > [A journal from Western Economic Association & Wiley] > > Abstract > > Open access publishing has been proposed as one possible solution to > the serials crisis—the rapidly growing subscription prices in > scholarly journal publishing. However, open access publishing can > present economic pitfalls as well, such as excessive article > processing charges. We discuss the decision that an author faces when > choosing to submit to an open access journal. We develop an > interactive tool to help authors compare among alternative open access > venues and thereby get the most for their article processing charges.