Comment on All about the International Scholarly Research Network by Aleksandar
“Aren’t all opinions subjective?” – of course they are, and once again I really appreciate your opinion, but your list has too important impact to be based on opinions. I can not seriously comment your...
View ArticleComment on Three New Questionable Open-Access Publishers by Frank Lu
Regarding the Science Publishing Group, I had worked in the Big Apple and Fashion Avenue as far as I know is a nickname for a portion of 7th Avenue famous for its fashion design houses. Apparently,...
View ArticleComment on Three New Questionable Open-Access Publishers by Barnaby Hughes
I just looked unsuccessfully for 548 Fashion Avenue using Google Street View. 550 Fashion Avenue is an HSBC Bank branch. No address numbered 548 is visible.
View ArticleComment on Three New Questionable Open-Access Publishers by Hamid Allami
Please read this note on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/notes/ijls-journal/self-downloadiosis-a-new-form-of-author-ailment-and-insincerity-in-academic-publ/209784032490818 It has to do with a form...
View ArticleComment on Criteria for Determining Predatory Open-Access Publishers (2nd...
[...] criteria for inclusion in the lists can be found here. The author’s email address is: [...]
View ArticleComment on A Publisher with no Website: Science and Engineering Publishing...
[...] Science and Engineering Publishing Company [...]
View ArticleComment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 by kathleen Gust
Thanks Jeff, I get asked about some of these publishers more than I’d like, but the profs and students they are targeting are grateful to know there are librarians keeping an eye on them, even if the...
View ArticleComment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 by Nils
Thanks indeed. This list is going to be very useful to me as a member of hiring committees, especially since the predators have started to imitate the names of serious journals.
View ArticleComment on Criteria for Determining Predatory Open-Access Publishers (2nd...
Thank you very much. I’ve found some answer to my concern. “…the DOAJ does not have very stringent rules for inclusion. DOAJ seeems to include too many titles on Beall’s list, plus titles which have...
View ArticleComment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 by Tevni
What are the criteria to determine what journal is predator? If an academic group of people want to create a Scholar Journal are they free to do it? Do they need to request some authorization from some...
View ArticleComment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 by Jeffrey Beall
The criteria are linked to here on this post. To start a new journal, you do not need to get permission from anyone (at least here in the west). Everyone should be free to start a scholarly journal. We...
View ArticleComment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 by Jeffrey Beall
Perhaps we have different definitions of “good research.”
View ArticleComment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 by Zerdana
Jeff, it would be even more helpful if you can append a link to an article you have written about these publishers/journals next to their names and URLs, so the readers get some more context. Thanks...
View ArticleComment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 by Tevni
How you assess that these journals in your list are not following “acceptable” ethical publications standards?
View ArticleComment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 by Predatory Open Access...
[...] 2013 list of predatory open access publishers and journals has been released. This year’s list includes over 200 predatory open access publishing [...]
View ArticleComment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 by Jeffrey Beall
Please see my criteria here: http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/11/30/criteria-for-determining-predatory-open-access-publishers-2nd-edition/
View ArticleComment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 by Tevni
Did you alone read and evaluate each one of these 370 journals? Is this an individual stand alone work? How reliable it is? I value such kind of effort, however I have some concerns with one person...
View ArticleComment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 by Jeffrey Beall
There are two lists — one of publishers and one of independent journals. Neither numbers 370. But yes, I personally have closely srcutinized and analyzed each and every publisher or independent journal...
View ArticleComment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 by Predatory Open...
[...] Each year, Jeffrey Beall, an academic librarian at the University of Colorado Denver, publishes a list of allegedly scientific journal publishers who really just want your submission [...]
View ArticleComment on David Publishing: Flipping Its Model by First-World Academic...
[...] journal publishers. I mention this because I have now received about 4 unsolicited e-mails from David Publishing, one of the more notorious offenders, and I thought I would add a note of caution...
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