Richard, thank you for raising the question of what we might do to help authors who are victims of "predatory publishers". It is likely that the vast majority are good, ethical researchers committed to open access who were not aware of this problem. If their work was not peer reviewed, this doesn't mean it isn't good work or that the author meant to avoid review.
Here is a suggestion to help authors of articles in journals that are considered predatory: post-publication peer review. Authors could submit their articles for peer-review and publications of corrections even if they are not able to re-publish their paper due to having given away their copyright. Given the imperfections of the peer review system at its best (see Retraction Watch https://retractionwatch.com for examples), a broader service like this, not limited to questionable journals or requests from authors, could be a high-value service to scholarship. This approach would also fit well with the publication of pre-prints with peer review overlay approach. Who might provide such a service? Perhaps: institutional repositories (for their own authors and students), reputable OA publishers, or other OA services. Funders could help by providing targeted funding for the development of such services. best, Heather Morrison ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Richard Poynder <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 9:21:44 AM To: Global Open Access List (Successor of AmSci) Subject: Re: [GOAL] Predatory Publishing Thanks for posting this Falk. I have yet to see concerted action taken anywhere to support researchers who become victims of predatory publishers. I also do not think I see any recognition of their plight, or details of what is being planned to help them, in your document. Perhaps I missed it. Anyway, I have blogged about the topic here: https://poynder.blogspot.com/2018/07/falling-prey-to-predatory-oa-publisher.html Richard Poynder On Wed, 25 Jul 2018, 13:51 Reckling, Falk, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: The Austrian Science Board and the FWF Respond to the Recent Media Reports on the Questionable Practices of Several Scholarly Publishers https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/news-and-media-relations/news/detail/nid/20180724-2314/ ___________________________________ Falk Reckling, PhD Head of Department Strategy - Policy, Evaluation, Analysis FWF Austrian Science Fund 1090 Vienna, Sensengasse 1, Austria T: +43 1 505 67 40 8861 M: +43 664 530 73 68 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> CV via ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1326-1766 BE OPEN - Science & Society Festival 50 years of top research funded by FWF Sep 8 to 12, 2018 | Vienna | www.fwf.ac.at/beopen<https://www.fwf.ac.at/beopen> [https://www.fwf.ac.at/fileadmin/files/Images/fwf-Logos/beopen_signatur.png] _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
