Time to publish ethically: DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology.

  1. Nicolas Galtier
  2. Khalid Belkhir
  3. Pierre-Olivier Antoine
  4. Christine Bibal
  5. Christophe Boëte
  6. Frédéric Delsuc
  7. Elise Huchard
  8. Sonia Kefi
  9. Charly Maeder
  10. Laure Paradis
  11. Sébastien Puechmaille
  12. Alain Queffelec
  13. Céline Scornavacca
  14. Carole Smadja
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Abstract

The scientific publishing market is dysfunctional: academia pays a lot for publishing, much more than the actual cost. Transitioning to ethical publishing is a collective challenge requiring to inform scientists about the problem and its potential solutions. We introduce DAFNEE, a database of academia-friendly journals in ecology and evolutionary biology (https://dafnee.isem-evolution.fr/). DAFNEE provides information on eco-evo journals (co)run by academic or non-profit institutions, aiming to retain the money used to pay for publishing within academia. DAFNEE records the business models, article processing charges, citation rates and partnerships of over 600 society-run, university-affiliated and diamond Open Access eco-evo-archaeo journals. We show that DAFNEE journals compare favourably to non-DAFNEE ones in terms of editorial and financial policy, while offering similar citation rates. We propose a number of recommendations aimed at modifying scientists' practices towards more ethical publishing.

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  1. Version published to 10.32942/x24933