Hi all,
I'm glad we're now moving our conversation on in new directions, and
I'ld like to suggest one which I hope will be productive. The
discussion on this list often seems to me be based on the assumption
that scholarly publishers are a wholly negative force in the open access
world, and a
Alicia,
Some publishers are often criticised, you're right, and I agree that they
shouldn't be for just being an established scholarly publisher. And I don't
think they are as often as you perhaps assume. It is the policies and business
models that are criticised rather than the publishers per
There was a quite extraordinary case of an author suing Joseph Weiler for
defamation for allowing a negative review to be published in a European Law
journal that he edits. The review was somewhat negative about the book but
I have seen much worse. Weiler is at the very top of his field and he was
Greetings. I have just updated my blog http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com/ for
your interest.
A few Religious Studies articles showing up in SAGE Open open access “mega
journal”; reviewers being solicited
This has just been published
-see http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2012-2013/0005/13005.p
df. Â Clause 6 gives special protection against defamation actions to peer
reviewed scholarly articles (the first time peer review has figured in a piece
of legislation??). This is
There was a quite extraordinary case of an author suing Joseph Weiler for
defamation for allowing a negative review to be published in a European Law
journal that he edits. The review was somewhat negative about the book but I
have seen much worse. Weiler is at the very top of his field and he was
Good morning!
Thinking positively, I would recommend the following change in one clause of
the What rights do I retain as a journal author*? stated in Elsevier's portal,
which says
the right to post a revised personal version of the text of the final journal
article (to reflect changes made in
**Cross-Posted**
El 11/05/2012 11:19, Wise, Alicia (Elsevier) asked:
[W]hat positive things are established scholarly
publishers doing to facilitate the various visions for
open access and future scholarly communications that
should be
Many thanks to Alicia Wise for starting a new conversation thread.
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Letâs recall that Aliciaâs question was, âwhat positive things are
established
scholarly publishers doing to facilitate the various visions for open access and
future scholarly communications that should be encouraged,
It seems that Sage Open is almost too reasonably priced for what they offer â¦
but I am a science librarian who doesnât know much about the soft
sciences/humanities publishing.
This from:Â
http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal202037#tabview=title
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