[GOAL] Re: Beall on the open access movement: 3 reasonable points in a sea of nonsense

[Niels Taubert]

Beall`s paper is provocation but a clever one, as it points to some 
critical aspects of golden OA. I would like to emphasize that the three 
points summarized by Jeoron Bosman need further discussion and 
consideration but would also like to add a fourth (regarding the green 
type). There is much evidence that immediate deposit + performance 
evaluation strongly increases the rate of self-archiving but I am also 
convinced that a strong links to performance measurements can damage the 
reputation of OA in academia. In addition many scholars do not like 
paternalistic actions that much...


Niels Taubert



Am 10.12.2013 00:01, schrieb Bosman, J.M.:
>
> After thoroughly reading Beall's paper I can find three reasonable 
> points raised.
>
> -Speculation on the effect of the price mechanism introduced between 
> author and publisher through Gold OA journals with APC's. This is 
> something that deserves close attention. It should be interesting to 
> discuss the SCOAP model (http://scoap3.org/) in this regard.
>
> -The supposed absence of the a community function in broad OA 
> megajournals. Is that true? Is it to be regretted? Are there 
> alternative communities that function separate from the journal proper?
>
> -The supposed lack of warnings issued by OA advocates against 
> predatory journals. I at least partly second Beall here. I myself was 
> taken by surprise by the amazing speed with which these bogus journals 
> came to rise. And DOAJ waited far too long with more stringent criteria.
>
> All three issues merit further discussion but alas in Beall's paper 
> these points are drowning in a sea of unproductive nonsense.
>
> BTW many researchers in my university effectively have a mandate: to 
> publish in first quartile impact factor JCR journals .....
>
> Jeroen Bosman
>
> Utrecht University Library
>
>
>
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