The false academy: predatory publishing in science and bioethics
Authors : Stefan Eriksson, Gert Helgesson This paper describes and discusses the phenomenon ‘predatory publishing’, in relation to both academic journals and bo...
Étiquette : predatory journals
Open Access Temptations: Buyer Beware
Backlash against “megapublishers” which began in mathematics a decade ago has led to an exponential growth in open access journals. Their increasing numbe...
‘Predatory’ open access: a longitudinal study of article volumes and market characteristics
Background A negative consequence of the rapid growth of scholarly open access publishing funded by article processing charges is the emergence of publishers an...
Publishing Ethics and Predatory Practices: A Dilemma for All Stakeholders of Science Communication
Publishing scholarly articles in traditional and newly-launched journals is a responsible task, requiring diligence from authors, reviewers, editors, and publis...
Exposing the predators. Methods to stop predatory journals
“The internet is greatly improving the impact of scholarly journals, but also poses new threats to their quality. Publishers have arisen that abuse the Go...