I like this idea from #JohnWillinsky and the @PublicKnowledgeProject. Watching with interest.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01135-z
"We want to show how closely #journals & #authors are adhering to the scholarly standards of #publishing…It’s important that such information is readily available [since it's otherwise hard to find]…We’ve built [an #OpenSource tool] to automatically generate the label…We have created a third-party verification system, too."
Update. Thanks and congratulations to the @PublicKnowledgeProject for launching the Publication Facts Label.
https://pkp.sfu.ca/2024/09/06/announcing-publication-facts-label-for-ojs/
This standardized transparency for scholarly #journals will help both authors and readers.
The label is generated by a plugin for #OJS journals. But I hope that non-OJS journals eventually use it or something like it.
Update. I'm very glad to see the #DOAJ endorse the #PKP "Publication Facts" label.
https://blog.doaj.org/2026/04/22/introducing-the-publication-facts-label-another-tool-in-your-research-integrity-toolkit/
I hope this nudges more publishers to use the labels. In any case, it should lead more readers to expect publishers to use them.
petersuber
Public Knowledge Project