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

2014-03-27 Thread Reme Melero
Good morning, The Oak list database (http://www.oaklist.qut.edu.au/) could help you to search publishers and journals published in Australia classified according ROMEO/SHERPA colors, which is an indication of their openness. Regards from a the Mediterranean coast under a blue sky. Reme

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

2014-03-25 Thread Bosman, J.M.
Hi Denny, To me nationality of a journal is unimportant, not to say a useless concept (at least in assessing or using an online journal) . Ivyspring is a company registered in Australia and apparently has some sort of office in 1 market Street Sydney. Some of its OA journals are included in