Hi Jean-Claude, great suggestion. I have in fact spoken to several people
from Episciences and the conversations were great, very informative. I am
asking naive questions on purpose because I am just very curious what
other's opinions on overlays are and if they have made an impact in your
world. Do you read any overlay journals?

On Tue, Feb 6, 2024 at 11:42 AM Jean-Claude Guédon <
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> You might want to contact the people at episcience whichislisted in the
> Rousi-Laakso paper you referenced. https://www.episciences.org/ . They
> know a lot about this kind of publishing nd are doing high-quality
> publishing in this fashion.
>
> Jean-Claude Guédon
> On 2024-02-06 09:53, Shamsi Brinn wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have been eagerly reading the informative discussions around the Nelson
> Memo and a recent thread about SciElo and open access in low and middle
> income countries. I am learning a lot.
>
> I wanted to open up a discussion about overlay journals. They appear to be
> a promising alternative model for peer-reviewed open access publishing, but
> they have not taken off. Have you heard of overlay journals? What do you
> think of them? What is blocking them from widespread use?
>  at episcience
> If you have not heard of them but are curious this interesting paper from
> Rousi and Laakso has a nice overview:
> https://doi.org/10.1177/09610006221125208
>
> Thanks for your thoughts,
> -Shamsi
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