Mgr. Lukáš Plch
Deputy head, study and science support
| Office: | B09.311 |
|---|---|
| Phone: | 549 49 8993 |
| E-mail: | plch@ukb.muni.cz |
Compliance with the principles of transparency and best practice in scholarly journals
The aim of service
Provide serious candidates for publication in an Open Access journal with information on whether the title adheres principles of transparency and best practice in scholarly journals.
To whom the service is provided
The service is provided exclusively only to current PhD students and academic staff from Masaryk University. Request of other persons will not be processed.
Notice
Within the service you will obtain only identified principles of transparency of specific publication. The service is not provided for journals published by traditional publishers (see list on the right) which are well-known for their adherence to the ethical rules of scientific publishing. The service is time-consuming thus we provide analysis only to serious candidate for publication in an Open Access journal. The final decision whether to publish in a journal is up to the author.
Traditional publishers:
ACS (American Chemical Society)ASM (American Society for Microbiology)
BMJ (British Medical Journals)
Elsevier
JAMA
John Wiley & Sons
Karger Publishers
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Nature Publishing Group
RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry)
Sage Publications
Springer
Taylor & Francis
Thieme
How the service is realised
We check 10 objectively verifiable principles of transparency and best practice in scholarly journals as set out by COPE, DOAJ, OASPA and WAME. Our library provide only the findings on these criteria and it is up to the subscriber to assess the professional quality of the journal and to conclude whether or not the journal is suitable for publication.
Price
The service is provided free of charge.