Hi all, again

To help move things along here are the two places on the journal site where text could be amended. I realise some of you may be enjoying the dolce far niente of the Northern summer, but, well...

I've made the required changes to the low-hanging fruit i.e. article processing charges and open access [in bold] below.

However for this next requirement I am less certain; where exactly do we stand on author copyright? Steve and Angela, I'm looking at you! 😊

"Your application also stated that the author does not hold the copyright without restrictions, and does not retain publishing rights without restrictions. However, I could not find any information about the copyright transfer requirement, or an indication of the rights holder for a published paper. This signals a lack of transparency in the authoring and publishing process. If you send me a link where this information can be found, I can update your DOAJ application."

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<http://peerproduction.net/about/mission-statement/>

Mission Statement

The Journal of Peer Production (JoPP) seeks high-quality contributions from researchers and practitioners of peer production. We understand peer production as a mode of commons-based and oriented production in which participation is voluntary and predicated on the self-selection of tasks. Notable examples are the collaborative development of Free Software projects and of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia.

Through the analysis of the forms, operations, and contradictions of peer producing communities in contemporary capitalist society, the journal aims to open up new perspectives on the implications of peer production for social change.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: [etc]

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Mission Statement

The Journal of Peer Production is an open access academic journal that allows readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, and link to the full texts of articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose except where otherwise noted.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: [etc]

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<http://peerproduction.net/about/submissions/>

How to submit to the Journal of Peer Production

JoPP will be published twice a year. All scientific contributions will be peer reviewed.

If you have a question about the suitability of your contribution to JoPP, please contact the editorial team by posting to the (not publicly archived) editorial team mailing list: jopp [dash] editorial [at] lists [dot] ourproject [dot] org

Once papers have been accepted, it is the author’s responsibility to format them in accordance with our specifications.

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How to submit to the Journal of Peer Production

No article processing charges (APCs) or article submission charges are required to publish in JoPP.

JoPP will be published twice a year. All scientific contributions will be peer reviewed.

Once papers have been accepted, it is the author’s responsibility to format them in accordance with our specifications.

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cheers,

Mathieu

From: JoPP-Public <jopp-public-bounces@lists.ourproject.org> on behalf of Mathieu ONeil <mathieu.oneil@anu.edu.au>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2017 8:44
To: Journal list
Subject: [JoPP-Public] Fw: Your journal application to DOAJ: Journal of Peer Production

Hi everyone

Response from DOAJ FYI. I guess we need to be more explicit in our language. Does anyone have thoughts on the below?

cheers

Mathieu

From: Rhonda Marker <rmarker@rutgers.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2017 8:24
To: Mathieu ONeil
Cc: Rhonda Marker
Subject: Your journal application to DOAJ: Journal of Peer Production

Dear Dr. O’Neil,

I am one of the volunteer Associate Editors at Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). I am currently processing your application for Journal of Peer Production to be included in DOAJ.

Your application states that you do not have article processing charges (APCs) or article submission charges. However, the link you gave where this information can be found does not mention APCs or submission charges. In order to be included in DOAJ, you must explicitly state that you do not have such charges.

One of the requirements for entry into DOAJ is that your journal website must include an open access statement. The link provided on the application, http://peerproduction.net/, does not have a statement. I would like to suggest that you take a look at some of the journals that are currently in DOAJ. Film Criticism has a brief, clear statement about open access that also describes how readers can use the content: http://www.filmcriticismjournal.org/about.html Using such a statement would also fulfill another requirements for inclusion in DOAJ: stating your license or use terms for the reader.

Your application also stated that the author does not hold the copyright without restrictions, and does not retain publishing rights without restrictions. However, I could not find any information about the copyright transfer requirement, or an indication of the rights holder for a published paper. This signals a lack of transparency in the authoring and publishing process. If you send me a link where this information can be found, I can update your DOAJ application.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Rhonda Marker

Rhonda J. Marker

Director of Shared User Services

Rutgers University Libraries

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

p: 848-932-5923

rmarker@rutgers.edu

ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7635-816X