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Why do predatory publishers send emails and what can you do?
Predatory publishers and journals use a variety of techniques to get you to submit your research articles to them, with one of the most common being unsolicited emails, often praising your previous...
The publisher JScholar claims that papers that it publishes will be indexed by the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). JScholar, or the journals it publishes, are not indexed by the Directory...
The Scope Database web site, in some places, looks the same as the Scopus web site. As far as we can see there is no relationship between the Scope Database and Scopus and we can only conclude that...
We are often asked if a journal is legitimate. We can't answer every request but we can provide some advice, which is to carry out an initial check to see if the journal is a member of COPE, DOAJ,...
We look at an email exchange, where a predatory journal reduced their Article Processing Charge (APC) from 500 USD to 150 USD, and the author never really had to ask. But should you negotiate?
In April 2020, Bradley Allf published a paper in "US-China Education Review A." The paper, entitled "Experiential Learning in Secondary Education Chemistry Courses: A Significant Life Experiences...