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Comment on Avestia Publishing: A New Bottom-Tier Publisher from Canada by Jeffrey Beall

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Whenever I see a publisher that uses deception or lack of transparency, I become very concerned about the quality of the publisher. For example, when a publisher uses fake personal names to sign its spam, when it hides or misrepresents its location, or it hides information about who is behind the operation and what their experience with scholarly publishing is, then I see problems that are likely emblematic of how the publisher will operate. I’ve seen many new scholarly “publishers” set up their websites in a single day, using templates for each of their journals, copying information from other publishers to populate the text on their websites. These small instances of cheating add up to a lot. Why should scholars submit papers to a publisher that uses made-up personal names, hides or misrepresents its true location, and copies author guidelines from another publisher? I don’t think they should, so I hope to warn people away from them.


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