It seems that Sage Open is almost too reasonably priced for what they offer ⦠but I am a science librarian who doesnât know much about the soft sciences/humanities publishing.
This from: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal202037#tabview=title  1. Quick review and decision times for authors 2. Speedy, continuous-publication online format 3. Global distribution of your research via SAGE Journals Online, including enhanced online features such as: public usage metrics, comments features, subject categories, and article ranking and recommendations 1. Professional copyediting and typesetting of your article will ensure quality 2. $395 introductory author acceptance fee (discounted from the regular price of $695)   Dana L. Roth Millikan Library / Caltech 1-32 1200 E. California Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91125 626-395-6423 fax 626-792-7540 dzr...@library.caltech.edu http://library.caltech.edu/collections/chemistry.htm  From: goal-boun...@eprints.org [mailto:goal-boun...@eprints.org] On Behalf Of Omega Alpha Open Access Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 8:34 AM To: goal@eprints.org; sparc-oafo...@arl.org; Caroline Porter Subject: [GOAL] A few Religious Studies articles showing up in SAGE Open open access âmega journalâ; reviewers being solicited  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 âmega journalâ; reviewers being solicited <http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/a-few-religious-studies-articles- showing-up-in-sage-open-open-access-mega-journal-reviewers-being-solicited/>  The other day I received an email from a librarian colleague who is also a scholar in New Testament. He considers himself an âunder-employed Ph.D.,â by which I gather means having the academic credentials but not a full teaching position. I donât know the circumstances of his situation, but I do know he is not alone. Professorships in Biblical Studies are notoriously difficult to come by.  His email was interesting on a number of levels. He was asking, as someone who is trying to establish himself âas a competent scholar,â why he should consider open access instead of trying to get his articles accepted in âwell-known and prestigious journal[s].â He was also curious about copyright issues with open access.  These are important questions that I want to follow-up with in a subsequent post. In this post, however, I want to write about the specific situation that prompted his questions. A couple of weeks ago he received an unsolicited invitation from SAGE Publications to be a reviewer for their new open access journal, SAGE Open. He had never heard of SAGE Open. He wanted to know what this was all about.  As always, your comments (posted to the post) are welcome.  Gary F. Daught Omega Alpha | Open Access http://oaopenaccess.wordpress.com oa.openaccess @ gmail.com [ Part 2: "Attached Text" ] _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
