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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Of course an author can do “sub-standard publishing”. How else would anyone characterize publishing research in the fraudulent (fake- or predatory-journal) community? Even if made OA, the research remains tainted and suspect, as it has never been peer-reviewed.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Arthur Sale<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> goal-bounces@eprints.org [mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bosman, J.M. (Jeroen)<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, 21 July 2016 22:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [GOAL] Submission to UGC (India) on IF, DORA and DOAJ<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>That would be a good idea. But I would also broaden the discussion and question the very notion of substandard publishing by authors. There is substandard research and there is substandard writing, but as an author you cannot do substandard publishing (other than perhaps not making your paper OA available).<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Of course you can have your manuscript checked before you publish but that need not be inherently tied to the publication venue.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Just my 2 cents...<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Jeroen<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div id="composer_signature"><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#575757'>Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>-------- Original message --------<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>From: Sridhar Gutam <<a href="mailto:gutam2000@hotmail.com">gutam2000@hotmail.com</a>> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Date: 21/07/2016 13:39 (GMT+01:00) <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>To: <a href="mailto:goal@eprints.org">goal@eprints.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Subject: [GOAL] Submission to UGC (India) on IF, DORA and DOAJ <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Dear All, <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>As you may be aware that the University Grants Commission (UGC) has set up a committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. V.S. Chauhan, Member, UGC and former Director, ICGEB (New Delhi) <<a href="http://www.ugc.ac.in/page/commission-members.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.ugc.ac.in/page/commission-members.aspx</a>> to prepare the list of journals in which authors should be publishing in-order to gain score for Academic Performance Indicators (API) system. It is reported that this attempt is being made to address the sub-standard publishing by the authors from colleges/universities. It is also mentioned in the news that they may use give weight-age to the journal’s Impact Factor. (Source: <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/features/education/tight-norms-soon-for-journal-publications/article8657169.ece" target="_blank">http://www.thehindu.com/features/education/tight-norms-soon-for-journal-publications/article8657169.ece</a>)<br><br>On the other hand earlier in December 2012, The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) <<a href="http://www.ascb.org/dora/" target="_blank">http://www.ascb.org/dora/</a>> an initiated by the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) had put forth a recommendation that “the need to eliminate the use of journal-based metrics, such as Journal Impact Factors, in funding, appointment, and promotion considerations” and had asked the individuals and organizations to sign the DORA declaration <<a href="http://www.ascb.org/files/SFDeclarationFINAL.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.ascb.org/files/SFDeclarationFINAL.pdf</a>>.<br><br>It is seen that taking call from DORA, DBT/DST might have mentioned in their Open Access policy that they are not going to consider Impact Factors in career assessments, promotions or appointments (of individuals in research and academics) <<a href="http://www.dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/APPROVED%20OPEN%20ACCESS%20POLICY-DBT%26DST%2812.12.2014%29_1.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/APPROVED%20OPEN%20ACCESS%20POLICY-DBT%26DST(12.12.2014)_1.pdf</a>>.<br><br>I therefore, I would like to submit to you all my proposal of writing to UGC and Dr. Chauhan that as the DOAJ is improving in terms of quality and services, UGC may consider in giving weight-age to the DOAJ Indexed Journals while recommending the List of Journals and also not to consider Impact Factors for the assessment/appointments/promotions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><br>Please reply with comments/suggestions.<br><br>Thanking You<br><br>With Kind Regards<br>Sridhar<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span 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