Focusing on Value — 102 Things Journal Publishers Do (2018 Update)

[…] new open access (OA) oriented brand extensions points to the ongoing importance of brand management. Brand confusion is something some predatory publishers exploit. Uniqueness: High. Value: High, but diminished by imposters. Importance: Moderate. Primary beneficiary(ies): 🔬 😇 ✍️ 🌍 😈. Secondary beneficiary(ies): 🏛 💰. Make money […]

An Interview with Jeffrey Beall

An interview with librarian and open access skeptic Jeffrey Beall. He discusses his work, the criteria for declaring an organization a “predatory publisher,” and how he would fix the scholarly communications system.

Guest Post – MDPI’s Remarkable Growth

[…] Publishing Institute, MDPI is no stranger to controversy. In 2014, the company was named to Jeffrey Beall’s infamous list of predatory publishers. After a concerted rehabilitation effort, they were removed from Beall’s list. Since then, incidents include editors at one […]

Ask the Community — Thoughts on a Class Action Lawsuit Brought Against Scholarly Publishers

[…] that cut the most corners would win. We already see this when authors submit to both a reputable and a predatory journal. Journals would be incentivized to use fewer reviewers and rounds of revision to secure each publication; authors could […]