I believe tomp&#x27;s suggestion is that you can bootstrap as an overlay journal (see <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Overlay_journal" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Overlay_journal</a> ) to build up that expertise. You don&#x27;t need to have experienced people from the start, because they can learn while doing. At the start, no one is going to pay attention to the journal. Then as it gets known for being a good curator, people will start requesting to be reviewed for inclusion. <i>Poof</i> you&#x27;ve got a journal.<p>You might even start with only yourself. And in 5 years if you want to distance yourself from your earlier, naïve efforts, then simply announce a name change.<p>Here&#x27;s the ugly truth - it&#x27;s hard to tell if most papers are &quot;good&quot;, and there are many types of &quot;good&quot;.