The Wheat from the Chaff: Locating High Quality OA Resources

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1 The Wheat from the Chaff: Locating High Quality OA Resources Lisa A. Macklin Director, Scholarly Communications

2 The challenge Promoting open access journals to our faculty while addressing concerns about the quality of these journals.

3 Evaluating print publications n Publisher reputation n Editor reputation n Peer review process conforms to discipline n Submission guidelines n Quality of published papers n Impact factor

4 What s New with OA? n Business models - authors may be charged, rather than subscribers n Predatory publishers n Opportunity for publishers to charge authors, but not provide quality n Authors and institutions have an interest in producing quality publications n Vanity presses

5 A Question Faculty member comes to you and asks: I am considering publishing in an open access journal, but I m concerned that some aren t very good. How do I find a reputable, quality OA journal in my field?

6 DOAJ n Directory of Open Access Journals is a good place to start to find OA journals in a discipline. n Search by Subject, Country, License, and Publication Charges

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8 DOAJ implements criteria & seal n June 2013, DOAJ announces both new criteria and a seal, and asks for comments n Criteria is basic criteria for an OA journal n Seal focuses more on degree of openness than quality of content

9 DOAJ Criteria n DOAJ considering new criteria: n Provide basic info (title, ISSN, etc.) n Be registered with SHERPA/RoMEO n Have an editorial board with identifiable members n Publish at least 5 articles per year n Allow use and reuse of articles at specified levels

10 DOAJ Seal of Approval n DOAJ Seal criteria include: n Provide machine readable copyright info n Provide DOIs at the article level n Provide metadata to DOAJ at article level n Have digital archiving/preservation arrangement n Allow use and reuse of articles at specified levels

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12 DOAJ Criteria and Seal n Is the DOAJ criteria comparable with how we have traditionally evaluated print? n Let s look at other criteria that we can apply to OA journals...

13 OASPA n Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association n Member organization for OA publishers n Members must meet criteria as OA publishers and are expected to follow Code of Conduct

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15 OASPA Code of Conduct n Members of OASPA are expected to: n Not bring disrepute to OASPA or OA publishing n Have contact info clearly visible n Have peer review process n Have editorial board with experts in field n Authors fees are stated and easy to find n Direct marketing as appropriate n Instructions for authors is available n Website demonstrates following high standards

16 COPE n Committee on Publication Ethics n Member organization for publishers (not just OA publishers) n Members are expected to: n follow the Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers and n encourage their editors to follow the COPE Code of Conduct for Journal Editors

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18 COPE Journal Publishers n Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers: n Define relationship between publisher, editor and others in contracts n Respect privacy (ex. research participants) n Protect intellectual property n Foster editorial independence

19 COPE -- Journal Editors n Publishers should work with editors to: n Set policies for editorial independence, research ethics, authorship, transparency, peer review, appeals and complaints n Communicate journal policies n Maintain integrity of academic record n Publish corrections, clarifications and retractions

20 Publisher Associations What if publisher isn t a member of either OASPA or COPE?

21 Beall s List of Predatory Publishers n List of questionable, scholarly openaccess publishers compiled by Jeffrey Beall at Auraria Library in Denver n Site includes a list by journal title

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23 Beall s Criteria n Beall analyses five areas: n Follow ethical standards like OASPA, COPE n Editor and Staff n Business management n Integrity n Other/Basic quality n No copyediting, publishing previously published papers, etc.

24 Beall s List n Publishers/journals on the list are worthy of additional investigation, but best to make your own judgments

25 An Answer Faculty member comes to you and asks: I am considering publishing in an open access journal, but I m concerned that some aren t very good. How do I find a reputable, quality OA journal in my field? How do you answer?

26 Links n DOAJ - n OASPA Code of Conduct - n COPE Code of Conduct - n Beall s List of Publishers -