Why Researchers Should Consider Publishing in Southern Journals, Wherever They are Based - Digital Science

lterrat's bookmarks 2016-12-22

Summary:

"INASP has just published a blog post on our AuthorAID website in which two UK-based professors, Edwin van Teijlingen and Padam Simkhada, explain why they choose to publish some of their research papers in Nepali journals hosted on the Nepal Journals Online (NepJOL) platform.

They give several good reasons, some of which are tied up in personal convictions about open access, some of which are particular regard for their chosen journals and some are particularly about journals published in Nepal being the best place to publish research about Nepal. I won’t repeat all that was in the blog, although I do urge you to read it; it is really interesting.

Interesting for me, in addition to the blog itself, were the comments we received. Some people were clearly encouraged by the publishing choices of the authors but others were more wary, raising questions about peer review, impact factor and other perceived quality-related issues for southern journals."

Link:

https://www.digital-science.com/blog/perspectives/researchers-consider-publishing-southern-journals-wherever-based/

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Date tagged:

12/22/2016, 16:29

Date published:

12/22/2016, 11:29