[INDOLOGY] [External] "Religions" Special Issues or the new trend of paying to be published

[Paolo E. Rosati]

I published in 2017 with Religions for the Special Issue of the Society of
Tantric Studies. I was still a PhD scholar without any scholarship or
financial support. I don't remember if Prof. Heyes was able to let me
publish for free or if all the authors of the special issue did not pay
fees—however the review process was quite hard and the published articles
through that Special Issue were very good, in my personal view.

One or two years ago I would like to publish an article regarding the
Kālikāpurāņa through a special issue proposed by Prof. Dold about Śākta
Purāņas, but as independent scholar I have no time, and honestly not
anymore wish, to look for any kind of sponsor and I am not paying with my
personal money to publish.

I also reviewed an article for a special issue of Religions, they offered
me a discount for future publications (that obviously I never used), that
was ridiculous. If you wanna pay who act as peer-reviewer you pay with real
money or giving him/her/they the possibility to publish free of fees.

Paolo

Il Mer 5 Feb 2025, 20:20 Will Sweetman via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> ha scritto:

>
>
> On Thu, 6 Feb 2025 at 01:50, Collins, Brian via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
>> It’s a scam... but the guest editors are probably not to blame.
>>
>
> But they are, Brian, they are. By publishing in, or editing special issues
> of these journals, serious scholars lend their credibility to the garbage
> that comes along with it. I wish they wouldn't. As Dominik points out,
> there are many other options for open access publishing that won't bleed
> our universities dry. And for every story of rigorous peer review, there
> are two or three of quite the opposite.
>
> Will Sweetman
> Professor of Asian Religions
> Religion | Mātai Wairuataka
> University of Otago | Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka
>
> will.sweetman at otago.ac.nz
> https://www.otago.ac.nz/religion/our-people/will-sweetman
>
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