From: "Lars Bjørnshauge" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 07:04:54 +0200 Joe, Beall did not initiate this process! The work on new inclusion criteria for journals to be listed in the DOAJ started december 2012: http://doajournals.wordpress.com/2014/08/08/proactive-not-reactive/. The issue is not only, far from only, business ethics - it is about re-use rights, openness, peer-review, archiving, etc - check the application form - http://doaj.org/application/new You might be interested in a recent presentation about the developments around DOAJ - http://www.slideshare.net/ASSAf_Official/motivating-and-helping-publishers-towards-best-practice-the-new-criteria-for-inclusion-in-the-directory-of-open-access-journals-doaj?qid=a154958d-2d42-4399-97b9-c2a0a3bedba3&v=default&b=&from_search=4 - and one about questionable publishing - http://www.slideshare.net/doaj/lars-nsef-meeting-cape-town-july-30th-2014?qid=30a7edea-6984-4232-9e87-58ba7a3404f6&v=default&b=&from_search=7 The questional publishers on the black list are in fact completely marginal in terms of volume of article published.and if only researchers would think and check even for 5 mins, and use some of the checklists that are available, the questionable publishers would be completely out of business. Lars Bjørnshauge Managing Director DOAJ mobile phone: +45 53 51 06 03 Skype-Id: lbj-lub0603 Twitter: elbjoern0603 e.mail: [log in to unmask] - [log in to unmask] 2014-08-11 0:42 GMT+02:00 LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]>: > > 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.