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Paying commission to academics reduces the value of research
Why do predatory and vanity academic publishers and conferences exist? Why are they flourishing now? And what can they tell us about the failings of academia?
This article presents an email discussion in its entirety. The journal involved is probably a predatory journal, though we have not carried out a full investigation.
We focus on one aspect of the editorial board, the editor-in-chief (EiC) and ask whether an EiC should make their email address available so that potential authors can contact them?
Scientometrics article about predatory publishing is retracted
Vít Macháček & Martin Srholec (2021) Predatory publishing in Scopus: evidence on cross-country differences, Scientometrics, 126, 1897-1921 has been retracted due to: Errors in Analyses, Errors in...
We recently ran a survey asking if an acknowledgement is required if somebody proof reads your paper. 55.6% said that no acknowledgement was required, with 44.4% saying that an acknowledge should be...
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