Re: Misperceptions clarified

[bernd-christoph.kaemper@ub.uni-stuttgart.de]

Anthony,

you are looking at the wrong website. Scholarly Exchange is only
one of many projects using the system. Have a look at

http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs

especially http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs-journals

I will not comment myself at this time, as I just saw the website
for the first time.

Bernd-Christoph

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Von: Anthony Watkinson <anthony.watkinson@btopenworld.com>
Datum: Sonntag, Marz 11, 2007 2:55 am
Betreff: Re: Misperceptions clarified

> Do any of the leading publishers committed to Open Access use
> this software and hosting capacity? I am sure that they do not
> want to spend money unneccesarily even if there are those who
> would believe (for reasons that I cannot understand) that for
> some reason commercial publishers want to spend money.
>
> In particular what is the view from BioOne?
>
> As I have said, I have not myself in this area but would
> appreciate finding out more. The posting from Dr. Fisher and
> the previous posting from Heather Morrison makes big claims. I
> find on the site of Scholarly Exchange the names of eleven
> journals which use the system. I have checked out about half of
> them. They are very small and mostly (as far as I can tell)
> just starting. Of course one has to start somewhere. They do
> not provide evidence in themselves for the usefulness of the
> services they are using.
>
> Anthony