When I looked at OA journals a few years ago I found that (a) they tended to
publish very little and (b) they seemed much more likely to disappear or
wither on the vine
Sally
When is a journal not a journal? A closer look at the DOAJ. Sally Morris,
Learned Publishing Vol 19: 1, pp73-6, Jan
Could this be due to the failure of a business model that depends on donated
time/money?
Which sounds similar to the inherent problems with the SCOAP3 initiative from
CERN.
Dana L. Roth
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On 2-Sep-10, at 5:15 AM, Sally Morris wrote:
When I looked at OA journals a few years ago I found that (a) they
tended to publish very little and (b) they seemed much more likely to
disappear or wither on the vine
Sally
When is a journal not a journal? A closer look at the DOAJ. Sally
Morris,
Jan makes some good points but I think that a distinction should be made
between society publishers and commercial publishers.
I find it hard to imagine that the significance of society publishers is
diminishing rapidly given the rapidly growing importance of their journals.
Doesn't the future
