I am old enough to have authored or coauthored more than a hundred papers in respectable (not open access) journals, but all of the journals that know me take papers that are something like eight pages long (my longest ever was only about 16 pages). I now want to submit something, about a topic in special relativity, that is more than 40 pages long. No journal that knows me will accept that, so it looks like I am going to submit to some predatory open-access journal. I guess I'm willing to pay for that, even though it is an embarrassment because I never previously paid to get something published, but I want to get something for the money. Is there a good choice from the long list of predatory open-access journals? The only thing I really want is for the paper to be referenceable, and RG supplies DOI numbers without any pretense of peer reviews (which at least is honest, and I call that respectable). I can submit it there, but the question is: Is it better to publish (at a cost) in some predatory open-access journal? If so, what journal?
What is the point of being "old enough"? What does it mean that (some) journals "know you"? Difficult to get an impression about what is admissible based on the page count, and not the word, or characters-including-spaces count. In general, long texts require a very persuasive argumentation for anyone to engage with them. Do people whom you want to read your paper browse/read predatory journals?
Pavol Jakubec :"What is the point of being "old enough"?" I was being humble by saying that my publishing experience is from being old instead of being talented. Does that bother you?
"What does it mean that (some) journals "know you"?" It means what it says. Some of them know me. I did a lot of both publishing and reviewing for them. They ask for me for reviews because they know me as a reviewer in addition to being an author. But in spite of my connections, I can't publish a paper with them that is 45 pages long, so I ask for advice.
I found this on the internet:
"It is not advisable to publish in any predatory journal as they lack rigorous peer review, often charge high publication fees, and can significantly damage your academic reputation; therefore, there is no "best" predatory journal to publish in;"
I am inclined to believe it. I only care about my paper being referenceable, and RG gives DOI numbers for that, so I think it is best (unless someone has another point of view to share) to submit it here. There is no status in RG submissions but also no pretense of a peer review and I respect that honesty. Any other thoughts?
Thank you Peter Breuer . You know a lot about this and I am paying attention. If not for your latest post I would have submitted it to RG just to get a DOI number regardless of the lack of respect. I am now delaying taking any action until thinking some more about you said.
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