[GOAL] Re: A suggestion

[Dana Roth]

Publications to avoid ... one could use http://www.journalprices.com

Journal Cost-Effectiveness 2011

Select a subject area and sort by price per article ...  with descending results ...

And quickly see the most outrageously priced journals.

The problem, however, is that the list could use some editing for obvious errors.

Most Librarians should be able to prepare a list of representative journals, obtain the 2011 subscription price and check Web of Science of the number of published articles and run the numbers.

We did this 20 years ago to alert faculty to the major disparity between non-profit society and commercially published journals.

It is very important NOT to compare review journals with research journals and make allowances for added value content like Nature and Science.

Dana L. Roth 
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-----Original Message-----
From: goal-bounces at eprints.org [mailto:goal-bounces at eprints.org] On Behalf Of R. Stephen Berry
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 9:29 AM
To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)
Subject: [GOAL] A suggestion

Would it be useful to have a listing available to let working scientists know which publications they should avoid using, based on field and, more important, on the publishing policies of the publisher?

	Steve Berry
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