The Free Journal Network (previously described here) has now admitted 52 journals from an increasing variety of scholarly fields (although about half are still from mathematics). In order to go to the next level and obtain funding, I have registered FJN as a nonprofit corporation in Massachusetts, and am the first president. This involved learning a lot of new things. The Board of Directors is impressive – check them out.
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Feedback on Plan S implementation guidelines
With Jon Tennant, Dmitri Zaitsev and Christian Gogolin I have submitted substantial feedback. The abstract:
We argue that Coalition members should favour, both in words and via their spending decisions, community-controlled, no-author-fee journals over commercially owned journals charging APCs. This is for reasons of fairness, economic efficiency, and sustainability. We see Plan S as a strong statement and step in the right direction, but encourage Coalition members to be more forward-thinking about how they want the future scholarly publishing market to look, and make sure that they are giving due consideration to the non-commercial elements of the ecosystem.
Free and Fair Open Access Journals: Flipping, Fostering, Founding
My article in the August 2018 Notices of the American Mathematical Society: Free and Fair Open Access Journals: Flipping, Fostering, Founding
Two new initiatives in journal publishing reform
I have started (with help) two new initiatives intended to improve scholarly publishing.
The Free Journal Network is in its initial recruitment phase. It aims to foster independent open access journals to the point where direct competition with the big commercial publishers is possible, and will also help with starting new journals.
An online discussion forum and file repository is intended to become *the* place on the internet to discuss journal reform with emphasis on the Fair Open Access model.
Get involved now!