<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Jan<div><br></div><div>Yes, Beall and DOAJ have different selection criteria.<div><br></div><div>David</div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On 13 Jun 2013, at 13:50, Jan Szczepanski wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Here is a new title in DOAJ. As you can see the Publisher is World<br>Scholar. This Publisher is noted on<br><br>Beall’s List:Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly<br>open-access Publishers.<br><br><a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/">http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/</a><br><br>Any explanations?<br><br>Jan<br><br><br>American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences<br><br>ISSN/EISSN: 23290781 2329079X<br>Publisher: World Scholars<br>Subject: Multidisciplinary<br>Country: United States Language: English<br>Start year 2013<br>Publication fee: Yes --- Further Information<br>License:<br>Added to DOAJ: 2013-06-12 13:51:41<br><br>2013/6/12 Peter Suber <peter.suber@gmail.com>:<br><blockquote type="cite">[Forwarding from the Directory of Open Access Journals, via the GOAL list.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">--Peter Suber.]<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The Directory of Open Access Journals (www.doaj.org) is delighted to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">announce new selection criteria and *hereby announces that these new<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">criteria are open for public comment until July 15th*.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The DOAJ-team has developed the criteria and our Advisory Board<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">(http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=loadTemplate&template=about&uiLanguage=en#board)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">has provided input and comments.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">With the growth in the number of researc<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">h<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">funders, institutional open access policies and mandates, all stakeholders<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">involved – researchers (as authors and readers), research managers, staff<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">managing publication funds, librarians, universities and research funders -<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">need a trusted and reliable information resource that identifies good<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">quality open access journals and filters out disreputable publishers.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Equally, the former have a vested interest in not being associated with the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">latter.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">We have tried to construct objective criteria that can facilitate compliance<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">verification easily.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">In order to be listed in the DOAJ, a journal must meet the following<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">criteria:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Journal will be asked to provide basic information (title, ISSN, etc.),<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">contact information, and information about journal policies<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Journal is registered with SHERPA/RoMEO<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Journal has an editorial board with clearly identifiable members (including<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">affiliation information)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Journal publishes a minimum of five articles per year (does not apply for<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">new journals)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Allows use and reuse at leastat the following levels (as specified in the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Open Access Spectrum, http://www.plos.org/about/open-access/howopenisit/):<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">- Full text, metadata, and citations of articles can be crawled and accessed<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">with permission (Machine Readability Level 4)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">- Provides free readership rights to all articles immediately upon<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">publication (Reader Rights Level 1)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">- Reuse is subject to certain restrictions; no remixing (Reuse Rights Level<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">3)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">- Allow authors to retain copyright in their article with no restrictions<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">(Copyrights Level 1)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">- Author can post the final, peer-reviewed manuscript version (postprint) to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">any repository or website (Author Posting Rights Level 2)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">You may review the complete list of criteria here:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlFw8p9XB3C6dHE3ZC1Hd2FMMjAweE96czRQb3NDbnc&usp=sharing<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Future submissions for inclusion in to DOAJ must include the complete set of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">information provided by the publisher. This information will be publicly<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">available in the Directory. The journals currently listed in the DOAJ will<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">have to go through a re-evaluation process based on the new criteria. This<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">work will take place over the next 12 months or so.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*DOAJ Seal of Approval* At the same time we are launching the DOAJ Seal of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Approval for Open Access Journals (in short: the DOAJ Seal) to encourage a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">high practice standard. These journals will be identified with the DOAJ Seal<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">logo.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">In addition to the more general criteria, above, required for inclusion in<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the DOAJ, the following criteria must be met for a journal to receive the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">DOAJ Seal:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Provides machine readable copyright information to help search engines<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">identify open works<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Provides DOIs at the article level<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Provides metadata to DOAJ at the article level<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Has a digital archiving/preservation arrangement in place<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">*<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Allows use and reuse at least at the following levels (as specified in the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Open Access Spectrum, http://www.plos.org/about/open-access/howopenisit/):<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">+ Allows a community standard API or other protocol to crawl or access full<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">text, metadata, citations, and data (including supplementary data) for<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">articles (Open Access Spectrum: Machine Readability Level 2)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">+ Ensures generous reuse and remixing rights (Open Access Spectrum: Reuse<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Rights Level 1)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">+ Allows authors to post any version of their article to any repository or<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">website (Open Access Spectrum: Author Posting Rights Level 1)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">+++++++++++++++++++++<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">We are confident that the new criteria will positively contribute to the<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">transparency of open access. Since open access journals are a relatively new<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">phenomenon, and one that is continuously changing, we will probably have to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">revise the criteria in a couple of years to keep them current and up to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">date.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To avoid any misunderstanding, we are restating DOAJ’s scope here:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">The DOAJ has the ambition to continue to be the white list of open access<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">journals that are global in scope in terms of geography, scientific<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">discipline and language.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">In scope: Journals that provide immediate access to scholarly articles<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">without reader payment, including back-files from those journals made freely<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">available after transitioning to open access.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Not in scope: Single articles from subscription based journals made freely<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">available under an open access option (hybrid articles).<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Articles from subscription based journals made freely available after an<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">embargo period (so-called delayed open access – not a term in our<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">dictionary).<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Your comments on the new criteria are much appreciated and will contribute<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">toward their implementation. Comments must be received before 6pm CEST on<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Monday 15th July 2013 and should be sent to the DOAJ Community Manager<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Dominic Mitchell (dom@doaj.org).<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Kind regards<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Lars Bjørnshauge<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Managing Director, DOAJ<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">--<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To unsubscribe from the BOAI Forum, use the form on this page:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/boai-forum<br></blockquote><br><br><br>-- <br>Jan Szczepański<br>F.d Förste bibliotekare och chef för f.d Avdelningen<br>för humaniora vid Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek<br>E-post: Jan.Szczepanski63@gmail.com<br><br><br>-- <br>To unsubscribe from the BOAI Forum, use the form on this page:<br>http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/boai-forum</div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>