Could this be due to the failure of a business model that depends on donated time/money?
Which sounds similar to the inherent problems with the SCOAP3 initiative from CERN.
Dana L. Roth
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Caltech 1-32
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http://library.caltech.edu/collections/chemistry.htm
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From: American Scientist Open Access Forum [mailto:AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG] On Behalf Of Sally Morris
Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 5:15 AM
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Subject: Re: Mandates: Practical Questions
When I looked at OA journals a few years ago I found that (a) they tended to
publish very little and (b) they seemed much more likely to disappear or
wither on the vine
Sally
When is a journal not a journal? A closer look at the DOAJ. Sally Morris,
Learned Publishing Vol 19: 1, pp73-6, Jan 2006. DOI
10.1087/095315106775122565 (Open Access)
Sally Morris
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From: American Scientist Open Access Forum
[mailto:AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM_at_LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG] On
Behalf Of Heather Morrison
Sent: 02 September 2010 05:12
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Subject: Re: Mandates: Practical Questions
On 1-Sep-10, at 1:28 PM, Jan Velterop wrote:
Were academics at large capable of -- or interested in -- organising and
managing the publishing of their results, it would look very different and
likely be much cheaper.
Comment: Edgar and Willinsky (2010)'s survey of 998 journals using Open
Journal Systems found, among other things, that most of these journals are
scholar-led, and indeed, much cheaper, with an average cost of $188 per
article produced.
http://openarchive.stanford.edu/handle/10408/134
This is a small subset of the over 5,000 journals using OJS.
Heather Morrison, MLIS
PhD Student, SFU School of Communication
http://pages.cmns.sfu.ca/heather-morrison/
Received on Fri Sep 03 2010 - 05:53:44 BST