I am posting this on behalf of my colleague Rosie Redfield. Please contact Rosie at [email protected] for more information or any questions.
Thanks. Lizzie - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dear Colleagues, I've recently discovered that some commercial publishers are re-editing articles from open-access journals and publishing them as multi-author books, without the authors' knowledge. Although most authors I've spoken with find this objectionable it's quite legal, since open-access articles are usually published under Creative Commons attribution-only (CC-BY) licenses. Before pressing for any changes I'd like to get a broad survey of researchers' opinions on this, so I've prepared a short (3 question) survey. Here's the link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/5SFQSG2. Please feel free to pass this survey link on to other researchers or scientific email lists. Thanks, Rosie p.s. If you'd like more information I've also discussed this issue on my blog: http://rrresearch.fieldofscience.com/2013/07/apple-academic-press-predatory.html; http://rrresearch.fieldofscience.com/2013/07/informing-authors-of-real-consequences.html; http://rrresearch.fieldofscience.com/2013/08/how-many-for-profit-publishers-are.html; http://rrresearch.fieldofscience.com/2013/08/who-edits-books-for-apple-academic-press.html. Dr. Rosemary J. Redfield [email protected] Professor, Dept. of Zoology Univ. of British Columbia Rm. 2551 Life Sciences Centre, Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z3 Canada Office: (604) 822-3744 Lab: (604) 822-6323 Cell: (778) 960-4950 Fax: (604) 822-2416 Web site: http://www.zoology.ubc.ca/~redfield Research blog: http://rrresearch.blogspot.com
