The document discusses how the rise of open access journals affects serials assessment. It notes that the number of open access journals has grown significantly, rising from 6,856 journals in 2013 to 42,068 journals in 2020 according to the ISSN International Centre. However, this growth has been accompanied by the emergence of questionable publications, as seen in a $50 million lawsuit against an open access publisher. The document then focuses on how different organizations assess the quality of open access journals, including Hindawi, Latindex, African Journals Online, and the Directory of Open Access Journals.

1. How Open Access affects
Serials Assessment
IFLA Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section
Gaelle BEQUET, SOCRS Secretary & Moderator

2. The Rise of Open
Access journals..
From 6,856 OA journals in ROAD in 2013
To 42,068 OA journals in 2020
Source: ISSN International Centre 2020 Annual Report

3. Is A Global Phenomenon
Indonesia: 10,307 OA journals
India: 2,938
USA: 2,451
Turkey: 2,289
UK: 2,028
listed in the Directory of Scholarly Open Access Resources
(road.issn.org)
Source: ISSN International Centre 2020 Annual Report

4. Marred by the Emergence
of Questionable
Publications
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. OMICS
GROUP INC., DBA OMICS Publishing Group; et al. Defendants-
Appellants. Sep. 11, 2020.
$50,1 mio in damages claimed by American justice.

5. Quality criteria in
Publishing
Committee on Publication Ethics’ Core Practices (2017)
10 recommended practices for stakeholders involved with
scholarly publishing

6. How to assess the
quality of OA Journals?
Mathias ASTELL, Hindawi
Ana María CETTO, Latindex
Kate SNOW, African Journals Online
Leena SHAH, Directory of Open Access Journals

7. Focus on community
needs: how and why
Hindawi closed ~250
Open Access journals
Mathias ASTELL, Hindawi

8. How Latindex assesses
the quality of online
journals in the free-and-
open access
environment
Ana María CETTO, Latindex

9. The JPPS framework
and how it is
implemented
at AJOL
Kate SNOW, African Journals Online

10. How DOAJ is improving
the coverage of non-
English journals in its
index and fostering best
publishing practices
Leena SHAH, Directory of Open Access Journals

11. Join us for the
Q&A session!
IFLA Serials and Other Continuing Resources Section