In the context of the gold open-access model, where scholarly authors pay publishers who accept and publish their manuscripts, transparency is vital. This means that publishers using the gold open access model must be completely transparent to the authors — their customers.
If they hide things like their headquarters location (which for many predatory publishers is an apartment), then it is fair to assume that they are also hiding other information that scholarly publishers conventionally provide.
I will continue to use hiding or lying about headquarters location as a criterion for judging gold OA publishers. If they are hiding their publishing location, they are likely hiding other things as well. Scholarly authors, as paying customers, deserve complete honesty and transparency.
PS: Liam, Kumar has been bullying me for a long time so your “ad-hominem” comment seems out of place. I will not be bullied by him or any other predatory publisher who scream at me because I include them on my list
