[CoDeP] Committee on Deceptive Publishing

[Lester Ingber]

The concept of "predator" has a new context since the explosion of Open
Access.  Pervious to just 2-3 years ago, any journal that charged fees for
publication was considered a predator.  Now, just about EVERY major
publishing company includes Open Access publishing, though some still
permit the non-payment kind of publishing (wherein they still keep the
Copyright).

Lester



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On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 9:15 AM, Thomas Krichel <krichel at openlib.org> wrote:

>   Richard Tol writes
>
> > I joined this committee on the understanding that it would look at
> > journal quality
>
>   Yes, it does but really just a binary issue: is the journal a
>   "predatory" journal or not. "Predatory" is a term I don't like
>   so I put a more neutral tone into the blog post. Some of these
>   journals are in RePEc and use their listing in RePEc to
>   boost their legitimacy. This has implications for the
>   perceived quality of RePEc data.
>
> > Deception is important too, but my contribution would be based on
> > emotion rather than knowledge,
>
>   Deception is something we can actually proove.
>
> > so if the committee's remit is a focus on fraud and
> > misconduct, you are better off without me.
>
>   Sad to see you go, but I will sign you off as you request.
>
> --
>
>   Cheers,
>
>   Thomas Krichel                  http://openlib.org/home/krichel
>                                               skype:thomaskrichel
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