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Jeffrey Beall is a librarian who until recently curated a black list of predatory journals and publishers on the Scholarly Open Access website. Beall defined a list of criteria that … Continue Reading What makes a journal ‘predatory’?
The World Association of Medical Editors (WAME) has published guidance on how to differentiate legitimate journals from predatory ones. The rise in predatory journals is a real problem and a … Continue Reading A new framework to help identify predatory journals
The American librarian and blogger Jeffrey Beall, perhaps best known for his lists of “potential, possible or probable” predatory open-access publishers and journals, has been praised by many for shining … Continue Reading Jeffrey Beall and the disappearing blacklists of predatory journals/publishers
Beall’s list of predatory open access publishers – scholarly publishers with limited scientific credibility who charge fees to publish work with little or no peer review – increases in length … Continue Reading Pay-to-present: the rise of predatory conferences
Predatory journals exploit the open-access model, charging authors publication fees in return for fast publication, without the associated editorial and publishing services expected from legitimate journals. The number of articles … Continue Reading “Sting” operation exposes predatory publisher
An article published in BMC Medicine in the past week examined the characteristics of predatory journals between 2010 and 2014. The study found that predatory journals have rapidly increased their … Continue Reading Rapid increase in ‘predatory’ open access journals/articles in the past 5 years
Sharing research results with the world is key to scientific progress. But with so many publications, how can you be sure you can trust a particular journal? A check list … Continue Reading Worried you might be about to submit to a predatory #OA journal? Help is at hand
A blog this week by Editage states: “Most researchers are aware of predatory scholarly publishers. However, predatory scholarly conferences pose a new threat to scholarly communications as researchers find themselves … Continue Reading Predatory scholarly conferences pose a new threat to scholarly communications
A blog today in The BMJ provides further commentary on predatory journals. The blog provides a good overview of how to recognise predatory journals, and provides a variety of tips. … Continue Reading Predatory journals – a bad dream turning into a nightmare (BMJ Blog by @jocalynclark)