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).
Of course you can have your manuscript checked before you publish but that need not be inherently tied to the publication venue. Just my 2 cents... Jeroen Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message -------- From: Sridhar Gutam <gutam2...@hotmail.com> Date: 21/07/2016 13:39 (GMT+01:00) To: goal@eprints.org Subject: [GOAL] Submission to UGC (India) on IF, DORA and DOAJ Dear All, 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) <http://www.ugc.ac.in/page/commission-members.aspx> 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: http://www.thehindu.com/features/education/tight-norms-soon-for-journal-publications/article8657169.ece) On the other hand earlier in December 2012, The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) <http://www.ascb.org/dora/> 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 <http://www.ascb.org/files/SFDeclarationFINAL.pdf>. 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) <http://www.dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/APPROVED%20OPEN%20ACCESS%20POLICY-DBT%26DST(12.12.2014)_1.pdf<http://www.dst.gov.in/sites/default/files/APPROVED%20OPEN%20ACCESS%20POLICY-DBT%26DST%2812.12.2014%29_1.pdf>>. 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. Please reply with comments/suggestions. Thanking You With Kind Regards Sridhar Sridhar Gutam, PhD, ARS<https://sgutam.wordpress.com/> Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology) ｜ Associate Editor, DOAJ<https://doaj.org/> <https://doaj.org/> ｜ Convener, Open Access India<http://openaccessindia.org> ICAR<http://icar.org.in/> RCER Region Research Centre Ranchi<http://icarrcer.in/> Tata Road, Rajaulatu Post, Plandu, Ranchi 834010, Jharkhand, India Phone: +91-651-2260141 ｜ Fax: +91-651-2260101 ｜ Mobile:+91-9005760036/8005346136 Skype: sridhar.gutam ｜ Twitter: @SridharGutam<https://twitter.com/sridhargutam> Official Email: sridhar.gu...@icar.gov.in<mailto:sridhar.gu...@icar.gov.in> Scholarship<http://works.bepress.com/sridhar_gutam/> ｜ Impact<https://impactstory.org/SridharGutam> ｜ Citations<https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=6W1MSSwAAAAJ&hl=en> ICAR RCER<http://icarrcer.in/> is a constituent establishment of ICAR<http://icar.org.in/>
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