[GOAL] Re: Need for a new beginning - Assessing Publishers and Journals Scholarly Practices - Reloaded

2015-10-04 Thread Bosman, J.M. (Jeroen)
Dear Eric, Though I agree simply accepting one man’s list is not sustainable, I doubt creating yet another list is the best way forward. There are already so many lists out there. Every new initiative seems to dilute and weaken efforts. Please let’s just try to tie the initiatives together

[GOAL] Re: Need for a new beginning - Assessing Publishers and Journals Scholarly Practices - Reloaded

2015-10-04 Thread Dana Roth
ber 04, 2015 9:02 AM To: 'Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci)' Subject: [GOAL] Re: Need for a new beginning - Assessing Publishers and Journals Scholarly Practices - Reloaded Dear Eric, Though I agree simply accepting one man’s list is not sustainable, I doubt creating yet anothe

[GOAL] Re: Need for a new beginning - Assessing Publishers and Journals Scholarly Practices - Reloaded

2015-10-04 Thread Éric Archambault
(Successor of AmSci)' Subject: [GOAL] Re: Need for a new beginning - Assessing Publishers and Journals Scholarly Practices - Reloaded Dear Eric, Though I agree simply accepting one man’s list is not sustainable, I doubt creating yet another list is the best way forward. There are already so many

[GOAL] Re: Need for a new beginning - Assessing Publishers and Journals Scholarly Practices - Reloaded

2015-10-03 Thread Heather Morrison
hi Eric, It is good to see a discussion of this topic. Some preliminary thoughts: The journal-level peer review process involved in the SSHRC Aid to Scholarly Journals is a type of model I suggest others look at. The primary questions have nothing to do with metrics, but rather are

[GOAL] Re: Need for a new beginning - Assessing Publishers and Journals Scholarly Practices - Reloaded

2015-10-03 Thread Nicolas Pettiaux
Dear I also appreciate such a discussion. There are some fundamentals problem with the current situation in scientific edition. For me, even though there are numerous free journasl, most of the prominents ones are still owned by too few large companies that makes too much money. This is

[GOAL] Re: Need for a new beginning - Assessing Publishers and Journals Scholarly Practices - Reloaded

2015-10-03 Thread Dana Roth
of Heather Morrison [heather.morri...@uottawa.ca] Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2015 8:55 AM To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) Subject: [GOAL] Re: Need for a new beginning - Assessing Publishers and Journals Scholarly Practices - Reloaded hi Eric, It is good to see