From: Joseph Esposito <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 22:17:08 -0600 I think it improbable that a publisher with a journal with a high impact factor is going to be ashamed about anything. Joe Esposito On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 5:48 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > From: Collette Mak <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 07:46:18 -0400 > > If your point is that a journal can be a crummy journal that publishes > utter tripe and still adhere to best publishing practices then, yup, > you're right. You're also right that it would be a really bad thing > for people to confuse "best practice" with scholarly merit and there > will likely be some will confuse the two. That said, scholarly metric > and high standards for transparency are not mutually exclusive > propositions. Publishers that adhere to best practices for > transparency and ethics should be allowed to say so. Authors are > unlikely to forgo impact factors in favor of a best practices seal but > a high impact open access journal that DOESN'T adhere to those > standards ought to be ashamed of itself and gets it's ducks in a row > so that it can qualify for the seal. > > Collette > > Collette Mak > Outreach and Scholarly Communications Librarian > Hesburgh Libraries > University of Notre Dame > Notre Dame, IN 46556 > e: [log in to unmask]