Predatory publishing is the practice of publishers/journals charging fees to publish scientific articles, yet not providing the services that would normally be expected of a scientific journal. This...
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In this article we put a spotlight on, Beall, J. 2009. Bentham Open. The Charleston Advisor 11(1) 29-32. This paper was the first paper by Jeffrey Beall to discuss predatory publishing. In the paper,...
We ran a Twitter poll where we asked is there was a legitimate reason to publish in a predatory journal? This article presents, and discusses, the results.
Predatory journals make money by getting you to pay money for them to publish your article. It might seem unusual if they offer to waive the fee. In this article we explore why they might do that.
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We analyze a journal, to show you some of the thought processes we go through when trying to decide if a journal is predatory or not, and whether we should submit to that journal.