Jop de Vrieze, Science; Open-access journal editors resign after alleged pressure to publish mediocre papers
[Kip Currier: Post #3,500, in 11 years of blogging about IP and "Open" Movements on this site.]
"The conflict is salient because this week 11 European national funding
organizations announced that beginning in 2020, research they fund should only be published in open-access journals,
which make articles publicly available, as opposed to traditional
journals, which sometimes block access to nonsubscribers. To maintain a
level of quality, scientists will be directed to publish only in
journals in the Directory of Open Access Journals."
Showing posts with label predatory journals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label predatory journals. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 25, 2018
Thursday, March 23, 2017
A Scholarly Sting Operation Shines a Light on ‘Predatory’ Journals; New York Times, March 22, 2017
Gina Kolata, New York Times;
"The open-access business model spawned a shadowy world of what have been called predatory journals. They may have similar names to legitimate journals, but exist by publishing just about anything sent to them for a fee that can range from under $100 to thousands of dollars."
A Scholarly Sting Operation Shines a Light on ‘Predatory’ Journals
"The open-access business model spawned a shadowy world of what have been called predatory journals. They may have similar names to legitimate journals, but exist by publishing just about anything sent to them for a fee that can range from under $100 to thousands of dollars."
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)