<blockquote class="history_container" type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px; margin-top:20px; margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;"><p style="color: #AAAAAA; margin-top: 10px;">On 10/09/2015 11:37:02, Nicolas Pettiaux <nicolas@pettiaux.be> wrote:</p>
<p>What about the idea : research published only non profit OA journals should be taken into account.</p>
<p>Wouldn't this push the predatory OA journals by competition out of business ?</p></blockquote><div style="margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px">Well, first, try and define what your criteria for a "non profit" OA journal is.</div><div style="margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px">Even a genuine declared non-profit journal would run profits in some years, due to the need to potentially cover shortfalls in others. The reality is you would be aiming for a modest profit, which would then be subsequently re-invested in future years.</div><div style="margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px">But regardless of your criteria, profit is just income - costs... and it would be fairly easy for a "predatory" journal to hide it's profit by paying another company some vastly inflated sum for a bunch of services. The journal isn't making any money itself, but it all flows through the chain.</div><div style="margin-top: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px">G</div><blockquote class="history_container" type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px; margin-top:20px; margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;"><p></p></blockquote><blockquote class="history_container" type="cite" style="border-left-style:solid;border-width:1px; margin-top:20px; margin-left:0px;padding-left:10px;"><div>
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