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One of the author of the list has acknowledged that the number of "entries" in the SHS collection of journals that I recently advertised on this list did not correspond to the list of unique titles of journals, but to the number of occurrences through four sources (WoS, Scopus, ERIH and AERES). She confirmed the estimate provided by Marc Couture bystating that there were about 9,500 hundred unique titles in the list. She also gave the following bits of information: 1. The list should appear as a database before the end of the year; 2. An article is apparently being prepared to give details about the methodology that was used to set up this list. I have pleaded to make this database interface available in English so as to make it easier to use for most people in the world. I have also pleaded in favor of setting up some kind of network of local observers that could provide clearer and more detailed background on the existing journals in various countries. Organizations such as eIFL could perhaps help on this as they already maintain contacts on the ground in about 50 countries. Such a database should be open, perhaps in the way that Wikipedia is open, with possibilities of external input. The level of editorial control remains to be established. In short, it would be good to have a worldwide, distributed system allowing for the monitoring of all peer-reviewed journals in the world. it would be good to have a system that would not rely exclusively on Western companies or Western scientific organizations. These are quite useful, of course, but they obviously fail to cover the whole world and this situation, wittingly or not, creates grave imbalances in the visibility of research and researchers. If we are concerned by OA as a way not only to create more access, but also to create a more even-playing field for research in the world, we should work on such a project. Whether the French team is the right starting point for it remains to be assessed, but the objective, in my opinion, remains urgent. Jean-Claude Guédon