Hi all
As others have stated, kudos to Mr. Beall, his work is exemplary!
I have a suggestion for you all that I have taken up in support of Mr. Beall. Every time I receive one of the endless spam solicitations for one of the companies listed by Mr. Beall, if they claim to have editors with academic affiliations, I look up the editor’s emails and send them the following message and copy the company:
Dear Doctors/Professors,
I am writing to you regarding your affiliation with XXXX publications. As you may know, this publisher has been designated as a predatory publisher by Mr. Beall, of the University of Colorado.
http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/12/06/bealls-list-of-predatory-publishers-2013/
There was also a recent exposé of these publishers in Science magazine, demonstrating that many of them will publish worthless manuscripts.
I urge you to consider whether your association with this publisher reflects well on your excellent scientific reputations.
Les Biesecker
P.S. to XXXXX publications – each time you send me this spam, I will write to the editors.
I get responses from maybe 1 of 5 of the named scientists – most often to decry that they have no affiliation with the publisher and that they will work to get their name removed. I also copy the company and have received one reply from a publisher claiming that their listing by Mr. Beall is undeserved and that they are appealing. If we make our colleagues aware that we look poorly on such affiliations, this may discourage bogus claims of legitimacy.
