[Coral-List] NYT Article on "Predatory Open-Access Journals"
Magnus Johnson
m.johnson at hull.ac.uk
Thu Apr 25 14:27:13 EDT 2013
I agree - both have their place. I subscribe and edit for the wonderful Journal of Crustacean Biology (http://thecrustaceansociety.org/Jrl-Crustacean-Biology.html) and value the fact it groups papers together around a theme and encourages me to read stuff I might not stumble upon otherwise. I've also recently started editing for PeerJ, an exciting new OpenAccess venture (https://peerj.com/).
I like both because they promote access to more people through discounts for those from developing nations or self funded graduate students and the latter allows anyone to view its contents. I would think this is particularly important for tropical research.
I used to depend upon MEPS, a traditional journal for much of my information but my university doesn't subscribe to the most up to date volumes because it is so expensive. I have to access it by writing directly to authors. That fact dissuades me from publishing in it.
Cheers, Magnus
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Dr Magnus Johnson
Centre for Environmental and Marine Sciences
School of Biological, Biomedical and Environmental Sciences University of Hull
http://www.marine-biology.org.uk/
Associate Editor, Journal of Crustacean Biology, http://www.thecrustaceansociety.org
Editor: Johnson M & Johnson M (2013) The Ecology and Biology of Nephrops norvegicus (Adv. Mar. Biol.)
Nephrops project: www.nephrops.eu
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