Comments on: Spam journals or open journals? http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2008/03/05/spam-journals-or-open-journals/ Computer Scientist and Open Scholar: Databases, Information Retrieval, Business Intelligence. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:39:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Petr Karlovsky http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2008/03/05/spam-journals-or-open-journals/comment-page-1/#comment-49835 Petr Karlovsky Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:01:09 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/03/05/spam-journals-or-open-journals/#comment-49835 To me, the number of OA journals launched by Bentham and their spam advertisement do no leave a good impression. Listing in Google and Google scholar is not of much relevance, one would need to check ISI (needed to get an impact factor) and Pubmed (MEDLINE). I have not bothered to check their 200+ journals but the few I checked are not listed anywhere. OA publishing is a way of earning money, too. My favorite OA publisher is BMC with reputable journals, impact factor of several over 4 and quite some over 3. Journals published by scientific societies are another excellent option (usually OA after 6 or 12 months). Petr Karlovsky To me, the number of OA journals launched by Bentham and their spam advertisement do no leave a good impression. Listing in Google and Google scholar is not of much relevance, one would need to check ISI (needed to get an impact factor) and Pubmed (MEDLINE). I have not bothered to check their 200+ journals but the few I checked are not listed anywhere. OA publishing is a way of earning money, too.
My favorite OA publisher is BMC with reputable journals, impact factor of several over 4 and quite some over 3.
Journals published by scientific societies are another excellent option (usually OA after 6 or 12 months).
Petr Karlovsky

]]> By: Gunther Eysenbach http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2008/03/05/spam-journals-or-open-journals/comment-page-1/#comment-49806 Gunther Eysenbach Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:28:03 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/03/05/spam-journals-or-open-journals/#comment-49806 See my blog entry (http://gunther-eysenbach.blogspot.com/2008/03/black-sheep-among-open-access-journals.html) on the illegal practices of Bentham - I've now received over a dozen bulk emails from them "asking" me to submit my work to them. They need to be taught a lesson in ethical behavior... See my blog entry (http://gunther-eysenbach.blogspot.com/2008/03/black-sheep-among-open-access-journals.html) on the illegal practices of Bentham – I’ve now received over a dozen bulk emails from them “asking” me to submit my work to them. They need to be taught a lesson in ethical behavior…

]]> By: Cyril http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2008/03/05/spam-journals-or-open-journals/comment-page-1/#comment-49776 Cyril Mon, 10 Mar 2008 16:33:19 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/03/05/spam-journals-or-open-journals/#comment-49776 We recently got a warning about another bunch of new on-line journals who are apparently recruiting for their editorial board: Scientific Journals International. Don't know if they are related, or more sign of a budding trend of open access journals with sometimes questionable standards. We recently got a warning about another bunch of new on-line journals who are apparently recruiting for their editorial board: Scientific Journals International.

Don’t know if they are related, or more sign of a budding trend of open access journals with sometimes questionable standards.

]]> By: yuhong yan http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2008/03/05/spam-journals-or-open-journals/comment-page-1/#comment-49765 yuhong yan Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:29:17 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/03/05/spam-journals-or-open-journals/#comment-49765 If it is started from a commercial company, and the objective is to make money, I did not see the necessary causal link between a commercial model to a high quality journal, open or non-open. I think the open journal has to learn the model of open sources to build up the quality. If it is started from a commercial company, and the objective is to make money, I did not see the necessary causal link between a commercial model to a high quality journal, open or non-open. I think the open journal has to learn the model of open sources to build up the quality.

]]> By: innar http://lemire.me/blog/archives/2008/03/05/spam-journals-or-open-journals/comment-page-1/#comment-49764 innar Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:22:55 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2008/03/05/spam-journals-or-open-journals/#comment-49764 this part is my favourite: "Indexed in Google, Google Scholar" this part is my favourite:
“Indexed in
Google, Google Scholar”

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