Roundup of Responses to Jeffrey Beall’s Post About Two Open Access Aggregators in Latin America

Here’s a quick roundup of several responses stemming from a blog post by Jeffrey Beall (University of Colorado-Denver) about two open access aggregators/meta-publishers in Latin America, SciElo and Redalyc.
The post has caused a lot of conversation since it was first shared last Friday.
Beall’s Post

• “Is SciELO a Publication Favela?” July 30, 2015)
  The post also mentions Redalyc. 32 comments have been shared as of Tuesday, August 4, 2015.

Responses (in Chronological Order) on the SciElo Blog

•  “The fenced-off ‘nice’ publication neighbourhoods of Jeffrey Beall” (August 1, 2015)

• “Motion to repudiate Mr. Jeffrey Beall’s classist attack on SciELO” (August 2, 2015)
  Written by the Brazilian Forum of Public Health Journals Editors and the Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva (Abrasco, Brazilian Public Health Association)

•  “Jeffrey Beall and Blacklists” (August 4, 2015)

Note: These posts are also available in Portuguese and Spanish.
Response from Dominique Babini (CLACSO-Latin American Council of Social Sciences Open Access Program Coordinator)

• Commentary by Babini (via Google+)

UPDATED August 10 Defending Regional Excellence in Research or Why Beall is Wrong About SciELO (by Phil Jones, via The Scholarly Kitchen)

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