[GOAL] Question why journals in DOAJ are being listed as 'Australian'

[Danny Kingsley]

Hello all,

I recently looked at the DOAJ list of Australian journals to determine how many Australian OA journals charge an APC. Of the list of 115 journals on the DOAJ, 12 charge an APC.

However on investigation seven of these 12 do not appear to be Australian journals at all.

There is no definitive list of Australian OA journals - the AOASG page http://aoasg.org.au/open-access-in-action/australian-oa-journals/ lists 150  (compared to the smaller DOAJ list) and before I investigated this it did not include the five genuinely OA Australian journals that charge an APC.

My questions are:

*         Does anyone know why these journals would be appearing on DOAJ as 'Australian'?

*         Five of them are published by Ivyspring International Publishers - does anyone know anything about this publisher?

Thanks

Danny


Journal

Publisher

APC

Notes

Journal of Genomics<http://www.jgenomics.com/>

Ivyspring International Publisher

No publication charge during the current promotional period of this journal

Not published in Australia and only one Australian listed in the Editorial Board.

Theranostics<http://www.thno.org/>

Ivyspring International Publisher

$100AUD

Not published in Australia and there are no Australians listed in the Editorial Board

International Journal of Electronics, Engineering and Computer Systems<http://www.irphouse.com/elect/ijece.htm>

International Research Publication House

$150USD

Not published in Australia and there are no Australians listed in the Editorial Board

Asian Journal of Crop Science<http://scialert.net/current.php?issn=1994-7879>

Asian Network for Scientific Information

$370AUD

There is no direct website for the journal and it is difficult to determine the countries the Editorial Board come from

Journal of Cancer<http://www.jcancer.org/>

Ivyspring International Publisher

$1100AUD

Not published in Australia and only one Australian listed in the Editorial Board.

International Journal of Biological Sciences<http://www.ijbs.com/>

Ivyspring International Publisher

$1450AUD

Not published in Australia and only two Australians listed in the Editorial Board.

International Journal of Medical Sciences<http://www.medsci.org/>

Ivyspring International Publisher

$1450AUD

Not published in Australia and only two Australians listed in the Editorial Board.




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