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[…] ink in places like The New York Times. (And yes, now he even receives pseudo-spammer journals who request to be featured on the site without really […]
View ArticleComment on OMICS Ineptly Uses Social Media to Promote its Brands by lem
As an Indian living in India and being inundated by such practices everyday, I must say it’s funny to see a foreigner’s perspective on it. The sad part is that even today, the system enforces such...
View ArticleComment on OMICS Ineptly Uses Social Media to Promote its Brands by jbshaldane
You can say “Paki” in India to refer to Pakistanis. Not considered offensive.
View ArticleComment on More Controversy Over Open-Access Publisher MDPI by Ifraeem
Mr. Beall, if someone ask you about any journal it does not mean that he is asking due to journal’s predatory activities. Many people ask just for a second opinion. Ok………. Now tell me what do you think...
View ArticleComment on More Controversy Over Open-Access Publisher MDPI by bcohen99
What is most troubling is reading that a Reuters reporter sees what he/she thinks is a mainstream scientific journal, but does no further journalistic research to find out if that assumption is...
View ArticleComment on More Controversy Over Open-Access Publisher MDPI by Tomasz Leski
Some of my colleagues publish papers with their Sensors journal, which seems to be a decent journal with more than 10 years of history (with rather modest impact factor around 2). However MDPI recently...
View ArticleComment on Spam from Predatory Open Access Publishers is Dominating my Inbox...
There is a good cure for e-mail SPAM – digital signatures. If lots of people (meaning most) do digitally sign their e-mails, then you can be sure of who is the sender and block anything that you don’t...
View ArticleComment on “Please add my journal to your list” by naomi
it’s a bit unfair to conclude with “Be wary of all OA journals.” when the original article was published in Journal of Biology/BMC Biology, itself an Open Access journal, and a reputable one at that....
View ArticleComment on More Controversy Over Open-Access Publisher MDPI by Dietrich Rordorf
We invite scientists, who consider an article published by MDPI to be problematic, to submit their findings and position directly to the Editorial Office of the concerned journal (in this case:...
View ArticleComment on Beall’s List of Predatory Publishers 2013 by benabrahamse
As an ARL librarian I have forwarded this to our office of scholarly communications to make sure they get the word out. You are doing a great service.
View ArticleComment on The Serials Crisis is Over. by OneLibrarian
Exactly. Libraries now face the same business model presented to home cable TV subscribers: pay for tons of useless, unused crap to get a handful of useful resources.
View ArticleComment on The Serials Crisis is Over. by Sheogorath
Publishers add a lot of value to research after the research is completed, and the public does not pay for that. That’s true enough, Mr. Beall, but open access journals are able to provide the same...
View ArticleComment on Appeals by foodpixie
Dr. Beall, I noticed that SciDoc publishers was on your list. I must admit, when they emailed me to be an editor I was flattered, but I keep thinking it’s a scam but have no real proof. Why are they on...
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[…] ink in places like The New York Times. (And yes, now he even receives pseudo-spammer journals who request to be featured on the site without really […]
View ArticleComment on OMICS Ineptly Uses Social Media to Promote its Brands by Sri
I’m an Indian too and feel disheartened by the current state of affairs. There is not enough voice against practices like this yet and I’m positive a lot of people fall for this scam in our own country.
View ArticleComment on More Controversy Over Open-Access Publisher MDPI by Jeffrey Beall
I don’t see any major problems with this publisher. It appears that they are open access but don’t charge article processing fees at this time. I did see a couple small examples of plagiarism and...
View ArticleComment on OMICS Ineptly Uses Social Media to Promote its Brands by The...
[…] Open Access, has critized the journals of the OMICS Publishing Group multiple times, including this great report on their inept use of social media: fake Linkedin profiles with “wonderfully...
View ArticleComment on More Controversy Over Open-Access Publisher MDPI by gggpimentel
Dear Jeffrey Beall, We have a doubt. We were invited for a submission on http://scholarly-journals.com. Considering the possibility of a chance for a publication, perhaps your sir could say something...
View ArticleComment on Research by Jack
Oh ohhhhh, I deleted that email few days ago, Alash! however i have that link stored in my browser given by TR in that email, please look at this: http://wokinfo.com/products_tools/specialized/inspec/...
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