New Publication at the Open Journal of Astrophysics
The Christmas rush is definitely upon us and papers are queuing up to be published in the Open Journal of Astrophysics. The latest publication is by Tom Kitching and Anurag Deshpande of MSSL (University College London) and Peter Taylor of JPL (Caltech). It is entitled Propagating residual biases in masked cosmic shear power spectra. This is another one for the folder marked Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics.
Here is a screen grab of the overlay:
You can click on the image to make it larger should you wish to do so. You can find the arXiv version of the paper here.
When I last posted about a new OJA paper I mentioned that it seemed to be taking authors longer than usual to make revisions. There are signs now that some authors are trying to get papers off their desk before the Christmas break so we may have two or three more to publish before the year is out.
P.S. Last week I received an offer from a commercial organization to buy the Open Journal of Astrophysics. I replied politely that it is not for sale.
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In the Dark 
December 16, 2020 at 5:36 pm
Buy the Open Journal? Was it to make money or to remove competition by closing it down?
December 17, 2020 at 11:56 am
The email contained:
“While doing research I have found that your journal “The Open Journal of Astrophysics” has tremendous potential would like to express our gratitude for the efforts you have taken for bolstering the journal which fascinates us to contact you for a proposition for your consideration.”
and
“We really wish to add your journal “The Open Journal of Astrophysics “ in our catalog. I think it will be the best fit for both of us to achieve great results. ”
I don’t think they want to close it down, but want to turn it into a for-profit journal. I hadn’t heard of the publisher before they contacted me.