I naively thought I had done my due diligence in selecting a place to submit an article, but didn’t know about this list. I found it after my paper was ‘accepted’ but before publication. I have contacted the publisher to request withdrawal, creating a paper trail of ‘please withdraw before initiating editing’ requests, but am still concerned that they will publish it without my consent. A couple questions-
1. If they refuse to withdraw it, is there any legal recourse I can take?
2. If I (again, admittedly moronically) paid the fee – which was thankfully pretty small, does that qualify as ‘consent to publish,’ making it too late to withdraw? I haven’t signed any papers or any other documents consenting to publication.
Thank you for your work on this list. I am going to tell all my colleagues about it. I wish someone had told me before I made such a mistake!
