Relatively speaking and for an open-access (OA) journal that publishes social science research and adheres to the traditional peer review system, that fee seems reasonable to me. But, other reputable OA publishers charge much steeper fees (see PLOS, http://www.plos.org/publish/pricing-policy/publication-fees/, though admittedly, they do offer a sliding scale for authors from low income nations, http://www.plosone.org/static/policies#publication [see item 2 publication charges]; see also this other OA publisher: http://www.frontiersin.org/about/PublishingFees. Can any of us who are not grant supported or who work at institutions where such funds are not available afford to pay these types of fees? I know I can't.
Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Esterson" <allenester...@compuserve.com> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> Sent: Wednesday, February 6, 2013 4:57:38 AM Subject: re:[tips] Predatory publishers On 5 Feb 2013 Mike Palij wrote: >I've received requests for participation in conferences from >unfamiliar organizations and requests for submission of >manuscripts on psychological research from well-known >publishers, such as Sage, which has a special price for >submission for a short time: see http://sgo.sagepub.com/ >and APA has announced an open journal to be published in >2013 >I f the "open" journals are as rigorous as regular journals...[...] I have some direct experience that bears on this comment of Mike's. Early last Spring I received an invitation for submission from Sage Open, and I already had a couple of articles that I thought would be suitable to form the basis for such submissions, and duly submitted them. (These were already posted on my own website and on another hospitable website. In neither case was there an obvious academic journal for the specific topics in question, which is why I took advantage of the opportunity offered by Sage Open.) I can tell you that, as one would expect from a reputable publisher of books and journals like Sage, both have been through a full peer review process. One has been accepted, with amendments in the light of suggestions from one of the reviewers. The other had one positive review and one negative, and the editor in charge (chosen for his general expertise in the topic area in question, though not on the specific issue) suggested I submit an alternative article based on a section that he thought merited a separate article in its own right. As I already had previously written something suitable, I submitted this. I've not heard back from the editor, so I presume that this has been sent out for review. The "special price" is not (of course) for submission, but is payable on acceptance. It's currently $99, and a recent message from Sage in which they reported that the majority of submissions were unsupported by University or other bodies seemed to indicate that they may hold the publication fee at that level. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org ------------------------------- Subject: re: Predatory publishers Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 09:40:58 -0500 On Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:55:55 -0800, Miguel Roig wrote: >I shared the following with my department colleagues: > >Have you ever received an invitation to be an editorial board member, >present or publish your work in a newly minted open-access journal >or be a guest speaker at international conference where you can >showcase your latest research? There is an interesting discussion in >another list about these phony journals or so-called "predatory publishers" >and someone posted a link to a site which keeps track of them: >http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/12/06/bealls-list-of-predatory-publishers-2013/ . >Right now only a few of the journals are in the social sciences, but given >the rapid proliferation of these types of for-profit entities, more journals >in >psychology and other disciplines will start to show up in coming years or >even months. I've received requests for participation in conferences from unfamiliar organizations and requests for submission of manuscripts on psychological research from well-known publishers, such as Sage, which has a special price for submission for a short time; see: http://sgo.sagepub.com/ and APA has announced an open journal to be published in 2013; see: http://www.apa.org/pubs/newsletters/access/2012/08-21/first-journal.aspx If the "open" journals are as rigorous as regular journals, then it will still be difficult to get crappy research published which raises the question of "why bother?" I assume that if one has difficulty in get a manuscript published in a "top tier" journal, one would try one of the "pay per page" journals where one is more likely to be accepted, even if there is "peer review" (the issue being whether the peer review associated with these journals are of the same quality as the reviewers in the top journals). It is good to know that there are "must to avoid" journals for two reasons: (1) avoiding publishing in them and (2) critically evaluating articles from such journals that students might get and want it to serve as the basis for research or other activities. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: miguelr...@comcast.net . To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=466839.0421d1005414eed82340aa280e7ce629&n=T&l=tips&o=23493 (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) or send a blank email to leave-23493-466839.0421d1005414eed82340aa280e7ce...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=23495 or send a blank email to leave-23495-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
