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Comment on One Problem with the Scholarly Publishing Industry by Harvey Kane

Please tell us what you think an editor employed by a publisher does Sent from my iPhone >

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Comment on One Problem with the Scholarly Publishing Industry by AnnieL

Nils, you are right, my opening statement was quite unfair and most authors obviously take a great deal of time over their papers, as a fair reflection of the time it took them to do the science they...

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Comment on One Problem with the Scholarly Publishing Industry by AnnieL

No personal offence taken, Jaime. But you’re hardly the first person to question the publishing practices of some of the journals run by Elsevier (such as the recent walk-out by the entire editorial...

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Comment on One Problem with the Scholarly Publishing Industry by Jaime A....

AnnieL, please note that I was not claiming to be the first person to ever question the ethics of Elsevier. Elseviers ethics have always been in question – more precisely Reed-Elsevier – ever since its...

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Comment on Appeals by Dewi

Dear Sir, Do you include IISTE on your scam journal because they have official website and address and phone number +1-718-485-5656 but I am not sure if that is their Real phone number. Please tell us...

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Comment on Appeals by Jeffrey Beall

They are on the list for many reasons, including the ones you mention (lack of transparency, displaying a U.S. telephone number to make it appear they are U.S.-based). This publisher is on my list. I...

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Comment on Snapshots of Recent Additions to the List of Questionable...

You are citing one isolated incident in a weird journal no one has heard of, in a “field” no one believes in. You run the risk of having an unseen and largely useless career. But if you wanted to make...

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Comment on One Problem with the Scholarly Publishing Industry by Jeffrey Beall

Yes, there are some, and the number is increasing. Thank you for alerting me to this journal -- I had not heard of it before. I have analyzed it and added it to my <a...

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Comment on Snapshots of Recent Additions to the List of Questionable...

If your argument is that the journal is predatory because it is focused on pseudoscience, you better add that to your criteria. At the moment it is not mentioned, and therefore the journal should not...

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Comment on Snapshots of Recent Additions to the List of Questionable...

In fact it is mentioned.

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Comment on One Problem with the Scholarly Publishing Industry by Greg

Today I would like to ask your opinion about International Journal of Science and Engineering Investigations: http://www.ijsei.com/

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Comment on One Problem with the Scholarly Publishing Industry by Peter A

Dear Jeff Will you include also in your list a publisher that offers free only the Abstract while the full PDF is available only if you pay them 60 USD? They are not Open Access. However, I wonder if...

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Comment on Another Controversial Paper from Frontiers by Keith Fraser

I don’t think this was written by computer. It looks more like something written by someone with an inflated opinion of their own genius waffling on and on and making reference to all sorts of...

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Comment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2016 by Patricia Keith-Spiegel

Thank you so much for creating this critically important resource, Fraud and corruption are everywhere, and you shine bright on a scourge that sullies the search for excellent and truth in science.

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Comment on One Problem with the Scholarly Publishing Industry by Jaime A....

Vijay, thank you for these comments, and I also thank Jeffrey for allowing these comments to be made, because this issue is an important part of the publishing machine we are all part of. In fact, as...

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Comment on One Problem with the Scholarly Publishing Industry by MC

Not sure what you mean. There are many reputable and top notch publishers that provide the abstract or “the first page” (for older articles w/o abstract) free, but you must subscribe to view the entire...

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Comment on Another Controversial Paper from Frontiers by Andy Gilbey

I thought I’d add that Ivo Janecko is a Professor at Harvard and has published in some good journals. However, I have read other similar articles published in Frontiers.

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Comment on One Problem with the Scholarly Publishing Industry by Jeffrey Beall

I think this is a very problematic publisher. It promises a one-day peer review in some cases. I have added it to my list. Please don’t submit any articles to it. Thank you for bringing it to my...

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Comment on OMICS Goes from “Predatory Publishing” to “Predatory Meetings” by...

I cannot give legal advice. Perhaps you need to consult an attorney.

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Comment on Another Controversial Paper from Frontiers by Klaas van Dijk

I would like to refer readers of this blog post to various public statements of couragous Iraqi ornithologists and conservationalists about a faulty paper on the breeding biology of the Basra Reed...

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