Some colleagues and I are starting a open access online software engineering journal called the Journal of Software Engineering Practice (JSEP) www.jsep.info. What is a good way to get the word out about the journal? Many of the research search engines seem to require a few issues published first. But you have to get people to know about the journal before you can get the first few issues.
I get emails almost every day from journals which have harvested my email address from publications in other journals. Many of them are from predatory publishers and I ignore almost all of them. You will want to find a way to differentiate yourself from these journals which approve anything in order to get publishing fees.
I get emails almost every day from journals which have harvested my email address from publications in other journals. Many of them are from predatory publishers and I ignore almost all of them. You will want to find a way to differentiate yourself from these journals which approve anything in order to get publishing fees.
I think the best way to demonstrate sincerity is to 1) completely waive any publication fee for the starting phase, 2) to establish a publishing partnership with at least one notable academic insitution (this might compensate 1)) and 3) to offer (or even better force) an open review. Especially the latter could generate trust since it allows for identifiying the reviewers and their academic reputation.
Maybe you have a look at PeerJ (https://peerj.com/), an Open Access Journal for biomedical scienecs that started in late 2012. They have very interesting features, policies and fee models.
Invite submissions from certain relevant social networking groups (such as this one) as a good way to create awareness and participation. Axel is correct about eliminating financial barriers to participation. Your first issues will help to set the standard; recruit some good authors to submit some exciting research. Utilize Google scholar.
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