SJI and Poynder
I expect Open Access News will pick this up shortly, but until they do…
This is a puzzlement, and a worrisome one. An outfit calling itself Scientific Journals International (no linklove from me) is winding up for a punch at Richard Poynder, among others.
I’ve had my differences with Poynder, but that doesn’t stop me respecting him and his excellent work as open-access chronicler. My take on this is that SJI is not a legitimate operation (however much they might like to be, something on which the jury may still be out) and is resorting to bullying tactics in response to Poynder’s transparently-conducted and legitimate attempts to figure out what’s up with SJI.
And if saying so makes me the target of an SJI lawsuit, well, so be it. If there’s something I can do to help Poynder resist this grandstanding and see that the truth comes out, I’ll be happy to.