What does NAJ stand for?
NAJ = Not A Journal of. Inspired by GNU = Gnu is Not Unix. Or you may prefer Jeff Ely’s suggestion NAJ = NAJ Ain’t a Journal of. 2. What is the purpose of NAJ Economics? The purpose of NAJ Economics is to supplement the existing commercial system of scientific publication with a system of online reviews. Because papers published in printed journals are less available than working papers, which are freely available on the Internet, publication in the traditional sense inhibits scientific communication. It also generates additional costs as most printed journals charge high subscription fees, in particular to libraries. However, it does serve the useful purpose of certifying the scientific quality of published work. It also assures that articles remain available regardless of the idiosyncrasies of individual websites and links. Our immediate goal is to to provide some of the certification and archiving functions current journals while bringing to the attention of the profession recent wo
