[GOAL] RE : Re: The Qualis and the silence of the Brazilian researchers

Hello all In all this debate about what are obviously predatory journals that just want to make fast money before disappearing, has anybody asked the basic question: do we really need any new journal in any scientific field? There are already plenty of legitimate journals around in most special

[GOAL] Re: The Qualis and the silence of the Brazilian researchers

Dear Mr. Bosman, Thank you for your attention and for taking the time in your answer. Although I am not an expert in academic publishing, I know some of the conflicts involving this activity. I have pointed out in predatory journals the affront to the same principles of transparency and accountab

[GOAL] Re: The Qualis and the silence of the Brazilian researchers

Exactly, Mr. Roth. *Maurício Tuffani**http://folha.com/mauriciotuffani* *mauri...@tuffani.net* 2015-04-04 15:13 GMT-03:00 Dana Roth : > Dear Jeroen Bosman and others: > > > > > > The definition of Open Access given by Jeroen Bosman seems a little > restric

[GOAL] Re: The Qualis and the silence of the Brazilian researchers

Dear Jeroen Bosman and others: The definition of Open Access given by Jeroen Bosman seems a little restrictive, expecially given the new ACS Central Science, which requires neither payment for reading the article nor from the author to publish the article. WSEAS Transactions seems to be follo

[GOAL] Re: The Qualis and the silence of the Brazilian researchers

Dear Mr. Tuffani and others, I think you are doing good work in alerting the Brazilian science community to the dangers of rogue publishers or would-be publishers going for easy money. This is already complex, because there is no simple criterion, there are grey zones between black and white. S

[GOAL] Re: The Qualis and the silence of the Brazilian researchers

Mr. Dávila, Sorry, but I tested again the access to all these 17 titles. And I freely downloaded papers from the websites of all of them, except the two discontinued. If you really think that these journals are not OA, I suggest you let them know it. *Maurício Tuffanihttp://folha.com/mauriciot

[GOAL] Re: The Qualis and the silence of the Brazilian researchers

I am sorry Mr. Tuffani, but your are just adopting Beall's list and, therefore, copying his mistakes or, at least, his anti-OA stance. You suggest that Qualis comes "without rigor" and inmediately claims "The expression “predatory journals” has been used for some years to designate academic journa

[GOAL] Re: The Qualis and the silence of the Brazilian researchers

The translation is now available: Brazilian graduate system counts now 235 predatory journals *Maurício Tuffanihttp://folha.com/mauriciotuffani mauri...@t