[GOAL] Re: The Life and Death of an Open Access Journal: Q&A with Librarian Marcus Banks

Can I in return ask Jean-Claude Guédon if he read the interview before posting his comment below? Sent from Type Mail On 31 Mar 2015 14:22, at 14:22, "Guédon Jean-Claude" wrote: >Could I, once more, ask Richard Poynder (and many others) not to >confuse Gold OA and APC-Gold. > >APC-Gold is un

[GOAL] Re: Still on the scientific open access journals in Brazil - response to Heather Morrison

Dear Mrs. Heather Morrison, In attention to your comments and issues, and regarding the examples given by Mr. Dana Roth, I make the following considerations. > Some questions and comments for Mauricio Tuffani. In brief, I question whether > Brazilian authors are actually publishing in the journal

[GOAL] Re: The Life and Death of an Open Access Journal: Q&A with Librarian Marcus Banks

An ideal candidate for this approach, I woud have thought: http://theparachute.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/journals-of-nature-and-science.html Jan Velterop > On 31 Mar 2015, at 13:20, Richard Poynder wrote: > > Despit

[GOAL] Re: The Life and Death of an Open Access Journal: Q&A with Librarian Marcus Banks

Could I, once more, ask Richard Poynder (and many others) not to confuse Gold OA and APC-Gold. APC-Gold is uncovering problems that had not been anticipated at first. Poynder mentions one in his note, and assigns it to the whole Gold OA. Predatory journals exist only because the APC-Gold busine

[GOAL] The Life and Death of an Open Access Journal: Q&A with Librarian Marcus Banks

Despite their high profile advocacy for open access, many librarians have proved strangely reluctant to practice what they preach. As late as last year calls were still being made for the profession to start "walking the talk". On the other hand, many librarians have embraced OA, particularly

[GOAL] Still on the scientific open access journals in Brazil - response to Heather Morrison

1. re: "whether editing and peer review are slow or fast depend on factors such as speed of communication and do not necessarily reflect quality" ... this may be valid in a theory, but as a general rule, I would suggest that speed is more likely a result of a cursory review than of any increas