Predatory Publishing Update
1. New Facebook page: We’ve created a presence on Facebook for Beall’s List of Predatory Open-Access Publishers. The page is here:...
View ArticleBook review: Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Open Access
Swan, Alma. (2012). Policy guidelines for the promotion of open access. (Open guidelines series). Paris: UNESCO. ISBN: 978-92-3-001052-2 Available: http://bit.ly/LXaiKK This is a book about using...
View ArticleRidiculous New Publisher Makes Its Debut
The latest addition to my list of predatory publishers is OpenAccessPub, a brand-new outfit based out of an apartment in Rancho Cordova, California, a suburb of Sacramento. The site lists nine...
View ArticlePublishers that Charge Both Authors and Readers
In an earlier blog post, I wrote, GSTF [Global Science and Technology Forum] publishes five journals, and they charge US $350 per accepted article. Also, they charge US $5.00 to view each article. I...
View ArticleHindawi’s ISRN Brand Offers to Pay for Articles
Cairo-based Hindawi Publishing Corporation is apparently launching a new strategy to invigorate its ISRN (International Scholarly Research Network) brand. The strategy involves paying scholars to write...
View ArticleNew Open-Access Chemistry Journal with Some Problems
We’ve added ChemXpress to the list of predatory journals. This is a brand-new enterprise, and we are not sure if ChemXpress will be a stand-alone journal or if Global Publication, the apparent...
View ArticleSix New Vanity Presses — One with an Unbelievable Name
Today we present six new (or newly discovered) vanity presses that we have added to the list of predatory publishers. Intellectual Archive This site is an “institutional repository” for people who...
View ArticleGolden Research Thoughts
Sometimes journal titles don’t translate well from one language to another. A good example of this is Golden Research Thoughts, an eclectic journal published by a publisher without a name. That is to...
View ArticleHindawi’s Scientific World Journal Loses its Impact Factor
Cairo-based Hindawi Publishing Corporation’s mega-publication Scientific World Journal has lost its impact factor. Each June, the Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports® product releases its...
View ArticleIntroducing: The Journal of Foreign Anatomy
Scholar People, a brand-new open-access publisher from India, has released a suite of journals including one with a rather curious name. We’re intrigued by the Journal of Foreign Anatomy. We always...
View ArticleNew Open-Access Publisher Copies Another’s Name
International Research Journals is a brand-new open-access publisher based in Accra, Ghana. This publisher has copied the name of an existing publisher also called International Research Journals,...
View ArticleNew Journal Claims to be “The Ultimate Online Journal Publishing House”
Get ready for the Computer Science Chronicle, one of the worst new open-access journals we’ve seen in a while. This journal stands out for its unique spelling of the word “manuscript,” which it spells...
View ArticleCloudy Ethics with Cloud Journals
Another mega-publisher from India has appeared. This one is called Cloud Journals, which itself is a division of an organization called Intellectual Society, a group that falsely claims to be the...
View ArticleA Vanity Scholarly Press from Québec
Laval, Québec is the location of CSCanada, the latest addition to my list of predatory open-access publishers. This publisher gives its headquarters address as: 758, 77e AV, Laval, Quebec, H7V 4A8,...
View ArticleJournals from Antarctica
The explosion of author-pays open-access journals has created a severe shortage of unused journal names. This shortage is causing new publishers to be creative in coming up with titles. We recently...
View ArticleWhy Earn an Impact Factor When You Can Buy One?
A bogus organization called the Global Institute for Scientific Information has a new website that allows journal publishers to “apply” for a ranking they call the “Journal Impact Factor.” The website...
View ArticleAnd Now, a Proofreading Scam
A bogus proofreading service is spamming scholars with illiterate solicitations for its business. The spam email and the service’s website are both filled with typographical and grammatical errors....
View ArticleA Scholarly Content Farm
According to Wikipedia, a content farm is “… a company that employs large numbers of often freelance writers to generate large amounts of textual content which is specifically designed to satisfy...
View ArticleThe Journal of Buffalo Science
We recently discovered a new Pakistan-based, hybrid, open-access publisher called LifeScience Global. The site lists 15 journal titles, including the Journal of Buffalo Science. The site tries to give...
View ArticleCriteria for Determining Predatory Open-Access Publishers
Today I am publishing a list of the criteria I use for determining predatory open-access publishers. The document is available as a PDF at the link below, and the blog post contains the full-text of...
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