Comments on: Science Target: Targeting Your Author Fees

By: R.V.Krishnakumar

R.V.Krishnakumar — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 06:16:40 +0000

Avoid unscholarly remarks! If this were dirty work, why are you in?

By: Robin Hood

Robin Hood — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:49:15 +0000

Mr. Toth, using CIA-style entrapment policies will not do any justice for the scientific community or the publishing arena. Although your “dirty” tactics are tempting, they should be avoided. Remember, what goes around, comes around…

By: R.V.Krishnakumar

R.V.Krishnakumar — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 03:05:07 +0000

I am not sure whether anykind of concrete action towards regulating open access publishing is going on anywhere around the world. I think Dr.Beall’s efforts are the first of its kind in identifying such publishing, which is a significant first step. What next?

By: J.Toth

J.Toth — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:12:15 +0000

Maybe an easyer way to find out the (il-)legitimacy of these type of journals & publishing enterprises is to write an email to the listed editors or editorial board members with a “western” name and ask them if the journal not just put their name on the editorial board without their knowledge or consent.

By: Die Hugh

Die Hugh — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:20:09 +0000

Mr R V Krishnkumar makes some interesting points, however, i) plagiarism simply needs awareness and honesty in the authors; as for the publishers to check for plagiarism doesn’t really need a corpus of $ 100,0000. Google search engine provides quite adequate options to check for plagiarism and it is free to use; and the paid services require a subscription of few hundred dollors per year. ii) scholarly publishing is an ethics and moral based activity doesn’t require hundreds of thousands of dollars. iii) a governing council at an international level may be a good idea to make policies about open access; since the movement is ongoing lets wait and watch.

By: R.V.Krishnakumar

R.V.Krishnakumar — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 02:12:27 +0000

I think these publishers should call their stuffs as ‘open access magazines’. Right now, to begin a open access journal, it is enough if one knows how to build a website. Instead, let us say, i) if there is a guideline that they should constitute a corpus of $100,000 initially and keep building it to counter plagiarism related issues, ii) and there would be a Governing Council at the International level with national level bodies….. Well, well, well… Am I speaking sense!!!

By: Roddy MacLeod

Roddy MacLeod — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:44:46 +0000

Having a mailbox shouldn’t be a reason for a publisher being on your list, and I notice that http://www.sciencetarget.com/site/index.php/article-processing-fees-ijes-2 has no charge for publication, but plagiarism is a reason for not recommending a publisher. Can you elaborate?