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What is Predatory Publishing? | … and should you care?
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We often get asked "How do I identify a predatory journal?" But, we can turn this on its head and ask "How can I identify a NON-predatory journal?" If this article we explore this.
In our opinion, if you ChatGPT to help with the writing of your paper, you must acknowledge its use.
What is a Document Object Identifier (DOI)? | Is it an Indicator of Quality?
A DOI is a permalink to a scientific paper. It says nothing about the quality of a publisher, a journal or a paper. In this article we look at what a DOI is and what it means for predatory publishing.
We call on universities to take decisive action and ban their scholars from submitting to certain journals/publishers.
We give a number of tips to enable you to avoid reviewing for a predatory journal.
In 2014 a journal accepted a paper that just repeated the phrase "Get me off your f*@^ing email list". This article looks at the history of the paper, as well as the journal in question.