The problem with being so openly self-described as a merely a way to get credit is: you&#x27;re not evaluated on how many publications you get. You&#x27;re evaluated on how many <i>top</i> publications you get.<p>There are a ton of 2nd tier and 3rd tier journals out there that are legitimately peer reviewed but won&#x27;t help you get tenure &#x2F; get academic positions, etc. This is a new journal so nobody will have heard of it (and therefore almost all will assume it&#x27;s a 3rd tier venue). And I don&#x27;t see that changing for a journal that is so narrowly focused on just publishing papers about open source software.