ElMondoHummus
0.25 short of being half-witted
Nice, Len! Very good work! This is excellent context on Bentham's relevance in the research world.
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Now, to reiterate for others: I don't think anyone here is against the concept of Open Access journals in and of themselves. And to be honest, I don't think anyone would be against Bentham in particular if they would follow better, more responsible practices. The issue here, however, is not one of open access, nor is it one about the specific publishing "house". Rather, it is of the practices Bentham follows. Some irregularity is to be expected in a non-mainstream journal, but as Ryan Mackey discovered, their practices simply do not lend themselves to proper review of submitted material.
Bentham could be a respectable open access journal. But as of now, given their current practices, they are not.
One other thing: The other myth being slain is the truther chant of Bentham being a high-profile, respectable publication. As Lenbrazil has shown, they are far from the mainstream, and far from being well utilized in the scientific community. The value of a paper lies in how it influences other research, and that can be measured by how many other works reference it. That is the true measure of its utility. A publication that carries many oft-referenced works can be thought of as an "important" one. Len's work above clearly demonstrates that Bentham's publications are not.
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Now, to reiterate for others: I don't think anyone here is against the concept of Open Access journals in and of themselves. And to be honest, I don't think anyone would be against Bentham in particular if they would follow better, more responsible practices. The issue here, however, is not one of open access, nor is it one about the specific publishing "house". Rather, it is of the practices Bentham follows. Some irregularity is to be expected in a non-mainstream journal, but as Ryan Mackey discovered, their practices simply do not lend themselves to proper review of submitted material.
Bentham could be a respectable open access journal. But as of now, given their current practices, they are not.
One other thing: The other myth being slain is the truther chant of Bentham being a high-profile, respectable publication. As Lenbrazil has shown, they are far from the mainstream, and far from being well utilized in the scientific community. The value of a paper lies in how it influences other research, and that can be measured by how many other works reference it. That is the true measure of its utility. A publication that carries many oft-referenced works can be thought of as an "important" one. Len's work above clearly demonstrates that Bentham's publications are not.
