http://sciencedomain.org/page/publication-charge
Do the famous journals listed here charge a publication/processing fee?
Clarification is needed.
Gloria
From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com [mailto:usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Mbaku
Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2015 2:24 PM
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Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Is this Journal Predatory?
Perceptions are very important in the publishing industry, especially that which deals with the publication of journal articles and/or scholarly monographs. Publishers that charge publication fees, no matter how nominal or insignificant are looked at with askance. I edited a journal for 22+ years and during that time, we never charged anyone a fee for publishing with our journal. In fact, authors of papers were encouraged but were not required to subscribe to the journal. Yet, because of limited funds, we were often tempted to charge publication fees, especially given the fact that many young scholars, who were struggling to improve their chances of gaining tenure and promotion could easily have been convinced to pay a nominal fee to have their papers published. Nevertheless, we did not change the journal's policy of not charging either submission or publication fees. Instead, we aggressively solicited funds from the general public to use in sustaining the journal. Of course, we tried to appeal to people (e.g., foundations and other institutions) that had an interest in the research areas (e.g., poverty, governance) covered by the articles published in the journal.
The problem with charging a fee, either at the submission or publication stage is that it is very difficult to convince people who are not privy to how the journal makes its decisions on which article to accept or reject that the decision-making rubric does not have money (i.e., the fee) as one of its elements. Hence, once you start charging a fee, many people are always going to think that an article's chances of being accepted are enhanced by the payment of the fee. Here, lies the problem.
In its short history, Lead University has already accomplished a lot. The future looks very bright for the institution and housing a journal devoted to rigorous analyses of African politics and other related subjects appears to be a good fit. Can Africans, especially those of us who are concerned about political economy in the continent, support this effort so that the journal would not have to charge a fee to accepted articles as a way to sustain itself?
On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Oluwatoyin Adepoju <toyinkaidara@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Tunde Useni.
Could you share with us what the fee money is used for?
thanks
toyin
On 7 October 2015 at 14:58, Tunde Oseni <tundeoseni@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Comrade Chambi,
Your observation refers.
1. The three scholars you knew in 2009 are not that young anymore. Of course, they are still young.
2. The fee is charged for accepted papers in order to maintain a quality online journal with particular interest in African political issues. The call is clear on its mission.
3. I hope you are doing great too in Tanzania. It was indeed nice meeting you in Cape Town six years ago.
God bless you and your life endeavours.
Yours sincerely
Tunde Oseni
On 7 October 2015 at 14:29, Chambi Chachage <chambi78@yahoo.com> wrote:
I know three of the members of the Editorial Board and I believe they are serious young scholars; now after reading our raging debate on 'predatory journals', I would like to get a fair assessment of the journal given that they say this:
"Authors of accepted paper shall pay a processing fee of N10, 000 (ten thousand naira only). Or $ 50"
By the way, at the risk of biasing responses, let me ask: If many African journals lack resources/subscriptions, why not charge a fee that will enable editors to publish journals of high quality, both in terms of their form and contents?
From: Tunde Oseni <tundeoseni@gmail.com>
To: USAAfricaDialogue@googlegroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 5:50 PM
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Call for Papers: AJPS
African Journal of Politics & Society (AJPS): Call for Papers
AJPS is a quarterly online publication of the African Democracy Network (ADN). It is intended for African and Africanist scholars. It is accessible via a specialized website and linked with e-platforms, including Academia.edu and Googlescholar, making it globally visible and impactful. Its primary objective is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas across disciplines and academic orientations in the social sciences and humanities, especially studies with focus on African conditions.
Editorial Board
Dr. Tunde Oseni (Nigeria) Dr. Mary Poche (Tanzania)
Dr. Jimmy Ssentongo (Uganda), Godfrey Eloho (Liberia)
Thabani Mkhize (South Africa)
SUBMITTED MAUNSRCIPTS SHOULD CONTAIN:
(1) A short, informative title
(2)Author (s) name (s) and affiliations
(3)An abstract of about 100 words
(4)The main of about 5000 words should include all elements, abstracts, references
(5) Charts and figures should be created electronically, if not each chart or figure should be submitted on clean sheets, data used to create the figure should be submitted with each figure; tables should be typed and placed at the end of the paper
(6) A list of references in alphabetical order
(7) Short biographical sketch about each author.
AJPS REFEFERNCE STYLE
References are listed in the text (author, date: page); the list of references is alphabetized. The AJPS prefers the APA style.
Authors of accepted paper shall pay a processing fee of N10, 000 (ten thousand naira only). Or $ 50
ALL CORRESPONDENCE
Dr Tunde Oseni,
Editor-in-chief, AJPS & Ag. Head, Department of Politics & IR
Lead City University,
Ibadan, Nigeria
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