To me its very clear how publishers like Elsevier operate. Their only
obligation is shareholder value, that is profits. Both selling
subscription e-licenses and APC the strategy is clear. Each dollar they
can extract from clients above the marginal costs of the service
increases their profits. So even a low priced (APC) journal for African
authors is worthwhile if it cheap to run (and megajournals are cheaper
and also enjoy returns to scale). And these are dollars which Elsevier
won't get otherwise. It's like airplane ticketing.
Merry Christmas to you all on the list
Bo-Christer Björk
On 12/23/15 11:12 AM, Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou wrote:
Alicia,
I am glad that a member of elsevier reacts to my claim. Clearly for
your project in Africa, is it possible for you to respect these
following conditions:
- free APC journal
- the green éditorial policy of DOAJ
- embargo periods of no more than 6 months.
In the post cited before, Elsevier wants to help Africa by making the
research more visible, but if african authors have to pay, you will
not resolve the problem because, I can publish my work in elsevier
journals in the world since I have money to pay charges.
So it is more just, I want to say for cognitive justice make
difference in Africa, and you can do it.
My holiday will be peaceful and relaxing, the day that you will
consider these conditions for your African Journal.
Hi Thomas -
All our authors, no matter where in the world they are, have both gold
and green Open Access publishing options.
With best wishes for a peaceful and relaxing holiday season,
Alicia
On 22 Dec 2015, at 17:39, Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou
<thomasm...@gmail.com <mailto:thomasm...@gmail.com>> wrote:
On this post,
http://www.scidev.net/global/publishing/news/elsevier-african-open-access-journal.html,
Elsevier plans an African Open Journals, using the Gold voice. But
for me, it is not the right way for us (Africa).
I want all GOAL members to join me in an open letter adressed to
Elsevier, with the objective to claim the full green voice for Africa.
Since I am an African searcher, your support will be helpful
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