[AISWorld] [External] On OAJ and publication fees concerns

Thu Jan 14 13:55:19 EST 2021

Colleague Jeet Gupta has reported additional concerns - an extremely fast review period and publication cost transference from the institution to the researcher, plus overall quality level compared with normal JCRs or aspiring journals to JCRs-.  I have identified that some OAJs publish high-quality papers and have a low rate of acceptance. Normal JCRs also provide an open access option. My fundamental concern is the change of publication rules affecting researchers from low- and middle-income countries like Mexico. I mean, researchers willing to pay among 1,000-2,000 euros or USA dollars, with an adequate research manuscript can submit to an OAJ -with a fast review cycle from 2-4 weeks- versus the 12-18 months of normal JCRs, and the ethical problem that the normal JCR - by a limit of resources- only select about 50-60 papers per year versus the about 1,800 of some OAJs (estimation based on 27,000 papers published in the Computer and Information Sciences area since the foundation 2006 year). Finally, any high-quality research deserves to be published but now the effort to get published without publication costs causes additional damages to researchers.
Thanks, Manuel Mora

PS  Thus, I again suggest exploring a mixed approach (i.e. fixed cost + variable cost). I mean, to assign a publication fee of about 100 euros, and a download fee of about 10 euros. It would be fairer for researchers in the middle- and low-income countries like Mexico.

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Prof. Dr. José Manuel Mora Tavarez
Depto. de Sistemas de Información
Centro de Ciencias Básicas
Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes
Ave. Universidad 940
Aguascalientes, AGS. México 20131
Email: jose.mora at edu.uaa.mx
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From: Jeet Gupta <guptaj at uah.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 2:36 PM
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Subject: RE: [External] [AISWorld] On OAJ and publication fees concerns

Manuel Mora points to the cost aspects of the Open Access Journals (OALs).

I see couple of other issues:

1.  Most universities question the quality of publications in OAJs as
there seem to be no rigorous review standards for such journals.   Many
times, I have received requests from OAJ editors asking me to submit the
review within a week (and in some cases in three days).  Clearly, this
sacrifices quality of review and hence the publication.  For these
reasons, I refuse to review articles for such journals.

2.  As a result of # 1 above and some other reasons, many universities do
not accept publications in OAJs as refereed journal publications for
purposes of faculty appointments, salary determination, tenure, and
promotion decisions.

Thus, while cost aspects need to be considered (as many universities
refuse to pay such publication costs), I do think we need to investigate
the publications in OAJs from variety of viewpoints and perhaps suggest
some standards to be used to make such publications acceptable to a wider
base and useful to a large audience.

Best regards,

Jatinder (Jeet) N. D. Gupta, PhD, CFPIM
Director, Integrated Enterprise Lab
Eminent Scholar and Professor
College of Business
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
301 Sparkman Drive
Huntsville, AL 35899
Phone: 256-824-6593 (office)
           256-520-0175 (cell)
FAX:    256-824-6328
E-mail: guptaj at uah.edu

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Manuel Mora Tavarez
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Subject: [External] [AISWorld] On OAJ and publication fees concerns

Colleagues,
All of us know the benefits of OAJs. However, there are some issues few
commented:

  1.  The publication fees for OAJs listed in the JCRs index are among
1,000-2,500 euros.
  2.  The submission-review-decision period is surprisingly short (1 month
vs 12-18 months in normal JCRs)

It is clear that open access papers are free for downloading but the
publication fees are so high for many research groups. Thus, it could be
positive explore a mixed approach (i.e. fix cost + variable cost). I mean,
to assign a publication fee about 100 euros, and a download fee about 10
euros. It would be fairer for researchers in middle- and low-income
levels.

Thanks.
Prof. Mora

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Prof. Dr. José Manuel Mora Tavarez
Depto. de Sistemas de Información
Centro de Ciencias Básicas
Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes
Ave. Universidad 940
Aguascalientes, AGS. México 20131
Email: jose.mora at edu.uaa.mx
<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Manuel_Mora>
ResearchGate Weblink<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Manuel_Mora>
<https://scholar.google.com.mx/citations?user=97rTgbkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra>
Scholar Google
Weblink<https://scholar.google.com.mx/citations?user=97rTgbkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi
=sra>
Linkedin Weblink<https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuel-mora-engd-37b03a1/>
SCOPUS
Weblink<https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=25823339800>
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