I've replied to danah's blog post both on her blog and a little on my own blog here: http://alex.halavais.net/boycotting-closed-journals/ But I wanted to ask a more basic question: what are the open access journals in our field (interfield? transfield? outfield?) with the best reputations? I'll throw JCMC out there, and I hope that their move to the Synergy site doesn't augur a future change in access. I enjoy reading FirstMonday, but I'm pretty sure it isn't "serious" enough for many traditionalists or tenure committees. So, if we are to take danah's advice, and send our research to OA journals, what are the top five or top ten open access journals. If you don't want to reply to the list, feel free to send me a note privately--if there is a list of 10 (and I am pretty sure I couldn't name ten open access journals in our very broad intersection of fields), maybe I can turn it around as a mini-survey to get some feel of how they may be ranked in terms of reputation. - Alex -- // // This email is // [X] assumed public and may be blogged / forwarded. // [ ] assumed to be private, please ask before redistributing. // // Alexander C. Halavais // Part-Time Troglodyte // http://alex.halavais.net //