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Comment on New Open-Access Publisher: Stringer Open by Geo Scholar

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Hi.

I would like to congratulate you for the wonderful work you are doing by guiding us in choosing what is right and what is not. I have a few queries, which I hope you will be kind enough to address.

When I looked at your criteria for categorizing journals as predatory (2nd edition), I found that there are two main points and some sub points. Division of your criteria as given on your website is like this:

Point 1
Point 2
Sub point 1
7 criteria
Sub point 2
5 criteria
Sub point 3
7 criteria
Sub point 4
6 criteria

My question is – how do you use these criteria for classifying journals as predatory? Do the journal have to meet all 25 criteria to be classified as predatory.
Is there a scoring system; for example, each criterion being given a score of one and all journals with scores falling below a certain fixed score, let’s say 10, being classified as predatory?
Is there some other type of scoring system with different weightage given to different criteria?
Can you post the scoring system here on your blog?
How do the criteria given in “practices considered to be reflective of poor journal standards” combine with above criteria?
Or is it that journals are classified as predatory based on your subjective and not objective assessment? If so, then why give the criteria?

I know these are lots of questions and I am imposing on your time, but if I want to follow your advice (which you do give at the end of every post) I would like to know how the conclusions were reached.

I hope you will oblige.

With regards.


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