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Beall's list is useful, but that is exactly where it stands. This is not logical truth.<BR>
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I saw Hindawi appear in that list a couple of years ago... then it disappeared<BR>
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This said, Beall's list is very important and useful, but, like DOAJ, it is not perfect.<BR>
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I do not know American Scholars. Whether it should be in DOAJ or not, I do not know. Perhaps, the DOAJ people should make it a habit to check their list against Beall's, not as a way to exclude, but as a flag pointing to the need for further investigation. <BR>
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Clearly, DOAJ is a (wonderful) work in progress, and I take it that Jan Szczepanski's remark is positive and meant to help DOAJ (and Beall's list) improve. <BR>
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One way for DOAJ to improve would be to place journals in various quality categories that would be built on reliable indicators (no impact factor, please...). One of the main tasks of Open Access at this historical juncture is to rebuild the ways in which value is created around the results of research. The present system, based as it is on impact factors, is simply broken and perverse.<BR>
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Jean-Claude Guédon<BR>
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Le jeudi 13 juin 2013 à 14:50 +0200, Jan Szczepanski a écrit :
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Here is a new title in DOAJ. As you can see the Publisher is World
Scholar. This Publisher is noted on
Beall’s List:Potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly
open-access Publishers.
<A HREF="http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/">http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/</A>
Any explanations?
Jan
American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences
ISSN/EISSN: 23290781 2329079X
Publisher: World Scholars
Subject: Multidisciplinary
Country: United States Language: English
Start year 2013
Publication fee: Yes --- Further Information
License:
Added to DOAJ: 2013-06-12 13:51:41
2013/6/12 Peter Suber <<A HREF="mailto:peter.suber@gmail.com">peter.suber@gmail.com</A>>:
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> [Forwarding from the Directory of Open Access Journals, via the GOAL list.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> --Peter Suber.]</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> The Directory of Open Access Journals (<A HREF="http://www.doaj.org">www.doaj.org</A>) is delighted to</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> announce new selection criteria and *hereby announces that these new</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> criteria are open for public comment until July 15th*.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> The DOAJ-team has developed the criteria and our Advisory Board</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> (<A HREF="http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=loadTemplate&template=about&uiLanguage=en#board">http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=loadTemplate&template=about&uiLanguage=en#board</A>)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> has provided input and comments.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> With the growth in the number of researc</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> h</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> funders, institutional open access policies and mandates, all stakeholders</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> involved – researchers (as authors and readers), research managers, staff</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> managing publication funds, librarians, universities and research funders -</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> need a trusted and reliable information resource that identifies good</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> quality open access journals and filters out disreputable publishers.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Equally, the former have a vested interest in not being associated with the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> latter.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> We have tried to construct objective criteria that can facilitate compliance</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> verification easily.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> In order to be listed in the DOAJ, a journal must meet the following</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> criteria:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> *</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Journal will be asked to provide basic information (title, ISSN, etc.),</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> contact information, and information about journal policies</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> *</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Journal is registered with SHERPA/RoMEO</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> *</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Journal has an editorial board with clearly identifiable members (including</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> affiliation information)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> *</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Journal publishes a minimum of five articles per year (does not apply for</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> new journals)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> *</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Allows use and reuse at leastat the following levels (as specified in the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Open Access Spectrum, <A HREF="http://www.plos.org/about/open-access/howopenisit/">http://www.plos.org/about/open-access/howopenisit/</A>):</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> - Full text, metadata, and citations of articles can be crawled and accessed</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> with permission (Machine Readability Level 4)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> - Provides free readership rights to all articles immediately upon</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> publication (Reader Rights Level 1)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> - Reuse is subject to certain restrictions; no remixing (Reuse Rights Level</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> 3)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> - Allow authors to retain copyright in their article with no restrictions</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> (Copyrights Level 1)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> - Author can post the final, peer-reviewed manuscript version (postprint) to</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> any repository or website (Author Posting Rights Level 2)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> You may review the complete list of criteria here:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> <A HREF="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlFw8p9XB3C6dHE3ZC1Hd2FMMjAweE96czRQb3NDbnc&usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlFw8p9XB3C6dHE3ZC1Hd2FMMjAweE96czRQb3NDbnc&usp=sharing</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Future submissions for inclusion in to DOAJ must include the complete set of</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> information provided by the publisher. This information will be publicly</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> available in the Directory. The journals currently listed in the DOAJ will</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> have to go through a re-evaluation process based on the new criteria. This</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> work will take place over the next 12 months or so.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> *DOAJ Seal of Approval* At the same time we are launching the DOAJ Seal of</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Approval for Open Access Journals (in short: the DOAJ Seal) to encourage a</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> high practice standard. These journals will be identified with the DOAJ Seal</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> logo.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> In addition to the more general criteria, above, required for inclusion in</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> the DOAJ, the following criteria must be met for a journal to receive the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> DOAJ Seal:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> *</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Provides machine readable copyright information to help search engines</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> identify open works</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> *</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Provides DOIs at the article level</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> *</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Provides metadata to DOAJ at the article level</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> *</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Has a digital archiving/preservation arrangement in place</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> *</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Allows use and reuse at least at the following levels (as specified in the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Open Access Spectrum, <A HREF="http://www.plos.org/about/open-access/howopenisit/">http://www.plos.org/about/open-access/howopenisit/</A>):</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> + Allows a community standard API or other protocol to crawl or access full</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> text, metadata, citations, and data (including supplementary data) for</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> articles (Open Access Spectrum: Machine Readability Level 2)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> + Ensures generous reuse and remixing rights (Open Access Spectrum: Reuse</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Rights Level 1)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> + Allows authors to post any version of their article to any repository or</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> website (Open Access Spectrum: Author Posting Rights Level 1)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> +++++++++++++++++++++</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> We are confident that the new criteria will positively contribute to the</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> transparency of open access. Since open access journals are a relatively new</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> phenomenon, and one that is continuously changing, we will probably have to</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> revise the criteria in a couple of years to keep them current and up to</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> date.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> To avoid any misunderstanding, we are restating DOAJ’s scope here:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> The DOAJ has the ambition to continue to be the white list of open access</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> journals that are global in scope in terms of geography, scientific</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> discipline and language.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> In scope: Journals that provide immediate access to scholarly articles</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> without reader payment, including back-files from those journals made freely</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> available after transitioning to open access.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Not in scope: Single articles from subscription based journals made freely</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> available under an open access option (hybrid articles).</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Articles from subscription based journals made freely available after an</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> embargo period (so-called delayed open access – not a term in our</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> dictionary).</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Your comments on the new criteria are much appreciated and will contribute</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> toward their implementation. Comments must be received before 6pm CEST on</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Monday 15th July 2013 and should be sent to the DOAJ Community Manager</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Dominic Mitchell (<A HREF="mailto:dom@doaj.org">dom@doaj.org</A>).</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Kind regards</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Lars Bjørnshauge</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">> Managing Director, DOAJ</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#737373">></FONT>
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Jean-Claude Guédon
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Littérature comparée
Université de Montréal
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