[Coral-List] NYT Article on "Predatory Open-Access Journals"

[RainbowWarriorsInternational]

Yes, I did see that loud and clear. But I have talked at length with some librarians I know at US Universities exactly about publishers of journals and I do not think it is fair that librarians should be doing the dirty work for scientists and researchers all by themselves.


 
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 From: Linda Pikula - NOAA Federal <linda.pikula at noaa.gov>
To: RainbowWarriorsInternational <southern_caribbean at yahoo.com> 
Cc: Derek Alexander Soto Rodriguez <dereksoto at gmail.com>; "coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov" <coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa..gov> 
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Coral-List] NYT Article on "Predatory Open-Access Journals"
 


Dear Milton,

If you read the NY Times article you will see that a Librarian, Jeffrey Beall at the University of Colorado, Denver has prepared an extensive list of predatory journals.

Linda Pikula


On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 11:51 PM, RainbowWarriorsInternational <southern_caribbean at yahoo.com> wrote:

Derek,
>
>This is a problem which manifests itself in every discipline and it preys on basic human needs for recognition. The current publishing world of academia itself is to blame partially.
>
>Because in each field of science scientists and researchers usually have a short list of peer-reviewed journals and conferences in their mental narrow focus, only librarians typically have a (often not much) better overview of available reputable journals and conferences in respective fields.
>
>It is high time for a global registry of scientific publishers and their respective journals and a form of rating and grading them.
>
>
> 
>Milton Ponson, President
>Rainbow Warriors Core Foundation
>(Rainbow Warriors International)
>Tel. +297 568 5908
>PO Box 1154, Oranjestad
>Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
>Email: southern_caribbean at yahoo.com
>http://www.rainbowwarriors.net
>
>To unite humanity in a global society dedicated to a sustainable way of life
>
>
>________________________________
> From: Derek Alexander Soto Rodriguez <dereksoto at gmail.com>
>To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
>Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 10:56 AM
>Subject: [Coral-List] NYT Article on "Predatory Open-Access Journals"
>
>
>I want to share an article from the New York Times on so called
>pseudo-scientific journals and conferences and would like to hear opinions
>from other members of the community.
>
>http://nyti.ms/17mHk0Y
>
>
>Cheers!
>--
>*Derek A. Soto Rodriguez*
>*Master's Candidate*
>*Coral Biology and Ecology Laboratory
>Department of Marine Sciences*
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