[…] area would be open access publishing – there is likely room for a few more “born-OA” publishers of the non- predatory variety (one of our investors notes is likely to observe that it ain’t called “Gold OA” for nothing). And […]
[…] schol-comm events of the past year was the sudden disappearance of Jeffrey Beall’s (in)famous list of “potential, possible, or probably predatory scholarly open-access publishers,” I’m anticipating that one of the hottest topics at our annual meeting will Cabell’s announcement and […]
[…] journals not included in the DOAJ so the conclusions must include this caveat, but given the enormous number of questionable/ predatory/deceptive journals that fall into this category and that certainly charge APCs, their inclusion would likely only push things further […]
[…] the digital space, even after retraction, possibly still impacting research. A recent report in Inside Higher Ed noted that “ predatory publishing” by Open Access journals with “questionable peer review and marketing” is on the rise. The presentation of information as […]
A collection of Scholarly Kitchen posts about Predatory Publishing.
[…] reviewer fatigue, biases, and the sheer complexity of modern interdisciplinary research. The consequences are catastrophic: retractions are on the rise, predatory journals proliferate, guest/ghost/gift authorship is on the rise, and public trust in scientific findings vacillates. Not to speak of […]
[…] metaphorical threat, be it a lake swirling with fictionalized science, campers living in filter-bubble camps, zombies of fake science, or predatory organizations, makes traversing this landscape a threat. One must consider, thoughtfully, the many visual cues in the image to […]
[…] Guest Post: Think Sci-Hub is Just Downloading PDFs? Think Again A Confusion of Journals: What is PubMed Now? Cabell’s New Predatory Journal Blacklist: An Updated Review Citation Contamination: References to Predatory Journals in the Legitimate Scientific Literature Cabell’s New Predatory […]
[…] Within the current publishing landscape, if a journal is looking to differentiate itself from others, or even from the so-called predatory or illegitimate journals, simply disclosing what you do, and how decisions are taken from the time the author submits […]
The 2018 release of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) now features citation distributions for each journal. Poor implementation may prevent these figures from being used and may actively encourage abuse by predatory publishers.
[…] when in fact many traditional publishers offer OA journals. This was almost entirely due to experience of the so-called “ predatory” journals. Many of those interviewed or engaged in focus groups protested against the constant flow of emails asking for […]
[…] values, institutions, and advantages. In addition to nation-states or criminal networks, profiteers are also at work, as with the so-called predatory publishers, who seek to use low barriers to entry in order to hoodwink some people, exploit others, and make […]
[…] rights associated with green open access, and when can that model work effectively? What risks are there from the so-called predatory publishers, and how is this affecting the marketplace overall? While open access is surely a matter of publishing, it […]
[…] the administrative nightmare that managing OA funds would become for libraries. The Scholarly Kitchen was the first to expose a predatory OA publisher with the submission and acceptance of a nonsense paper. And to be fair, sometimes we’ve been wrong, […]
[…] cases, this was either because they had never been asked or weren’t sure why they should (or shouldn’t) do so. Predatory publishing was on everyone’s minds. Unfortunately I missed what was evidently a great pre-Congress workshop on the topic, hosted by […]