Criteria for open access and publishing

Olijhoek, Tom; Mitchell, Dominic; Bjørnshauge, Lars

doi:10.14293/s2199-1006.1.sor-edu.amhuhv.v1

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“…First, there is no specific reason given for a journal to be labelled as ‘Not Adhering to Best Practice’. Reasons for removal from the DOAJ list may be ‘no OA and license’, ‘no OA statement’, ‘Embargo on articles’, or the like, which are all listed as one selection criterion (see Olijhoek et al, ). There is no way to know the specific reason a particular journal has been rendered unacceptable.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Journals removed from DOAJ appearing within SCImago's ranks: A study of excluded journals

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2018

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Researchers applauded Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)’s new selection criteria that removed many existing journals from its index because they are ‘Not Adhering to Best Practice’. However, many of these journals have acceptable scholarly quality. The present study compares such removed journals to a trustworthy bibliometric database, SCImago Journal & Country Rank (the Scopus Database). It finds many overlaps. Some of the overlapping journals have a high score in the SCImago ranks. This paper calls for a more transparent process of journal reviews by DOAJ or even a re‐examination of the selection criteria and/or the evaluation process.

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Journals removed from DOAJ appearing within SCImago's ranks: A study of excluded journals

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2018

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“…A substantial amount of the more complex models recommends that authors be aware of the composition of editorial board members. It relates to their academic status, the number of board members, their geographic location, and their contact information (Butler, ; Cabells, ; Dadkhah et al, ; Hansoti et al, ; INANE Predatory Publishing Practices Collaborative, ; Mehrpour & Khajavi, ; Olijhoek, Bjørnshauge, & Mitchell, ; Ward, ). This criterion assumes that questionable journals tend to have few board members, typically concentrated in a certain country, with little or no contact information and with low or no academic status.…”

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How can a questionable journal be identified: Frameworks and checklists

Frandsen

2019

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Questionable journals represent an increasing problem in scholarly communication. The warnings about such journals are plentiful, but the methods used to identify them vary a great deal and make it difficult to accurately determine which journals are fraudulent or simply of low quality. This article presents an overview of the existing frameworks for identifying questionable journals and discussions around them. Most of the frameworks rely on describing the journals under investigation according to a set of criteria, and some can even be turned into a metric or mechanism. The development of frameworks for identifying questionable journals has so far been characterized by a great diversity in format, length, and content. Generally, the frameworks come with little information on development, validation, and reliability. The consequences of prolific tool development are discussed, and a recommendation for testing such frameworks is proposed.

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“…From 2003 to 2015, almost 10,000 journals were added to the Directory of Open Access Journals (Olijhoek et al, 2015). As librarians struggle to track the perpetual access rights of licensed content, much less time and effort has been spent on the tending of open access (OA) electronic journals.…”

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The persistence of open access electronic journals

Lightfoot

2016

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Biographical Details:Elizabeth Lightfoot is the electronic resources librarian and serials coordinator at Florida International University. She has a background in serials acquisitions, with primary interest in the management and sustainability of serials and e-resources. Structured Abstract:Purpose -Open access (OA) electronic journals have been identified as potentially at risk of loss without more coordinated preservation efforts. The purpose of this paper is to test the current availability of OA electronic journals indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).Design/methodology/approach -Using publicly available journal metadata downloaded from DOAJ, individual journal URLs were tested for validity and accessibility using a Microsoft Excel Visual Basic for Applications macro.Findings -Initial results showed 69.51% of the URLs tested returned a successful HTTP status code. The remainder of the URLs returned codes that indicated redirection or errors.Originality/Value -Unlike past studies of link decay, this is not limited to cited references or a specific discipline. This study utilizes the full DOAJ metadata to analyze the persistence of OA electronic journals.

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Criteria for open access and publishing

Cited by 26 publications

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Journals removed from DOAJ appearing within SCImago's ranks: A study of excluded journals

Journals removed from DOAJ appearing within SCImago's ranks: A study of excluded journals

How can a questionable journal be identified: Frameworks and checklists

The persistence of open access electronic journals

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