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

2014-03-26 Thread Beall, Jeffrey
Danny, I have been monitoring this publisher closely recently. I regularly receive inquiries about it -- researchers asking me whether it is predatory or not. I currently do not have it included on the list of predatory publishers. Contrary to an opinion expressed earlier, for many, the

[GOAL] Re: GOAL Digest, Vol 28, Issue 16

2014-03-26 Thread MIGUEL ERNESTO NAVAS FERNANDEZ
Hello, I do think that country of publication is important, it could be related to academic research. Have you tried contacting DOAJ? They use to be quite dilligent. Miguel Navas-Fernández http://orcid.org/-0002-5191-238X https://twitter.com/miguelnavasf PhD Researcher Universitat de

[GOAL] Re: GOAL Digest, Vol 28, Issue 16

2014-03-26 Thread Bosman, J.M.
Miguel, That could be an interesting discussion. Is PLOS an US-American jornal? Are Hindawi journals Egyptian and Copernicus journals German? What defines the nationality of the journal? Seat of its publisher's office? Affiliation of the editorial board? Affliation of its papers' authors? And

[GOAL] Major repository infrastructure initiatives agree to align their networks

2014-03-26 Thread Kathleen Shearer
Of possible interest to members of this list: Rome, March 24, 2014 Communiqué: Major repository infrastructure initiatives agree to align their networks In a meeting in Rome on March 20-21, 2014 representatives from several major regional repository networks sat down to develop a strategy to

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

2014-03-26 Thread Jean-Claude Guédon
Beall's remark about the importance of the country where a publication is located, if he is right, fully demonstrates how stupid the evaluation process has become. The next step, I suppose, is to create a ranking of countries and thus establish their status with regard to scientific publishing. It

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

2014-03-26 Thread Danny Kingsley
Hello all, Thank you for the responses sent through to my specific question about a particular publisher being identified as 'Australian'. It has sparked a secondary discussion about the value or otherwise of locating a publisher in a particular country - and the value judgements that might be

[GOAL] When Gold OA isn't free to non-subscribers!!

2014-03-26 Thread Dana Roth
Forwarded from: https://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2014/03/26/elseviergate-elsevier-is-still-charging-for-open-access-even-after-i-have-told-them-wellcome-should-take-them-to-court/ Elseviergate; Elsevier is STILL charging for Open Access even after I have told them. Wellcome should take them to