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Comment on Guest Editing a Special Issue with MDPI: Evidences of Questionable...

Hi, I had a question about citing articles from potentially predatory journals such as MDPI. I had an article from an MDPI journal whose results I got some ideas from, and the article itself seemed to...

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Comment on Guest Editing a Special Issue with MDPI: Evidences of Questionable...

Topical and special issues are not uncommon and can be a valuable addition to the scientific literature. I know about numerous cases where selected participants of a conference were asked to contribute...

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Comment on Guest Editing a Special Issue with MDPI: Evidences of Questionable...

O. M. As a general rule, what you cite in your references list are articles, not journals. If you genuinely think that a publication related to your own work is worth to be cited, then include that...

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Comment on Guest Editing a Special Issue with MDPI: Evidences of Questionable...

I second the point that this is very unethical. Just think about it. Let’s say it is your paper that ended up there, for whatever reason. You may not be happy about the esteemed reputation of the...

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Comment on Guest Editing a Special Issue with MDPI: Evidences of Questionable...

On closer look, an MDPI “special issue” is a completely virtual one. The papers are published when they are received so that they get a running volume and page number, and are just earmarked to belong...

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Comment on Guest Editing a Special Issue with MDPI: Evidences of Questionable...

I didn’t mean to say that I wasn’t going to cite – of course I would cite it. I was just making sure that, since similar (as in replicated, not copied) data can be found in other papers, I should cite...

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Comment on I get complaints about Frontiers by Caroline M

I have received the same request (three times now!) regarding a topic on a single paper I published 2 years ago. My first hint that something was amiss was that it was my first paper in a new field for...

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Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by Jeffrey Beall

No, I do not. Is it possibly someone using the University’s name without permission?

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Comment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall

Do you mean Public Science Framework? If so, then I would recommend ignoring them and finding a better venue for your work. Public Science Framework is included on my list.

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Comment on Is Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP) Publishing...

With such an outstanding productivity (that’s almost a paper each week) did El Naschie even had time to read them all? Even less so to make sure that all statements in them are correct!?! It sounds...

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Comment on Appeals by Jeffrey Beall

Can you send a link to the journal?

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Comment on Hijacked Journals by Jeffrey Beall

Yes, I believe there is a journal with this title that is hijacked.

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Comment on List of Predatory Publishers 2014 by Jeffrey Beall

Savant Journals is included on my list <a href="http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Thanks.

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Comment on A New Clone of OMICS Publishing Group: MedCrave by Abe Tter Citizen

I was just contacted by Rosie Samuel via LinkedIn. I am wise to these stupid scams, as I was contacted by another ‘woman’ asking for my article for ‘her’ journal. As the English was questionable...

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Comment on Guest Editing a Special Issue with MDPI: Evidences of Questionable...

The DOAJ and OASPA consist, at least in part, of questionable publishers themselves, who are not at all involved in open access publishing in the proper sense of the term, but rather in MDPI-style...

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Comment on Guest Editing a Special Issue with MDPI: Evidences of Questionable...

I see. To get rid of the mafia, kill all the drug addicts. It is true that there will be less drug addicts. I simply cannot agree with your way of thinking.

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Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by Keith Fraser

Update: I emailed IMEN and most of the “confirmed speakers” listed in the email. I haven’t heard back from the Institute, but several of the speakers said they had indeed agreed to speak at the...

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Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2015 by Abebe

Hello Dr. how will you assess this journal? Journal of natural sciences research. http://iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JNSR

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Comment on New “Journal of Chest” Hopes to Steal Authors from the Real CHEST...

“Journal of Chest” sounds like a poorly translated foreign video game quest item. Like “Staff of Punish” or “Shield of Protect”

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Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 by Info Penting untuk...

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