Comment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall

A very clever question … if you lack sufficient capital you really shouldn’t start a business in any sector. The overall criteria for adding a publisher or journal to the list are lack of transparency, intentional use of deception, and lack of adherence to industry standards. Your statement “Only someone who’s published with them will know about their adherence to ethics” is false. It is possible to observe unethical behavior without publishing with a particular publisher.