Open Access Publishing: Issues and Way Forward
Open Access was seen as a new publishing model, but it does come with some challenges.
We also consider whether subject databases could help even wider dissemination.
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EMAIL discussion with a (possible) predatory journal
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.
How much profit does a journal make? The case of SCIREA
We consider SCIREA’s revenue in an attempt to estimate how much profit this publisher makes. We estimate their revenue to be USD 151,340, with a profit of about USD 121,072.
How many editors does a journal need? The case of SCIREA
SCIREA is a scientific publisher that has a portfolio of 39 journals. These 39 journals have 13,288 editors, meaning that each journal has an average of 341 editors. Each of these editors has handled less than one paper each, over the last five years.
What is the Scope Database? Is it associated with Scopus?
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 Scope Database is trying to fool the unwary researcher.
Should you negotiate with a predatory journal?
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?
What type of journal publishes a fake scientific paper?
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 Framework” was totally fake, including authors on the paper being characters from the TV series Breaking bad and the paper loosely following the Breaking Bad story line.
How to spot a fake journal | A case study
We were recently contacted on Twitter and asked if a particular journal was a fake journal. This was an intriguing question and one which we felt we had to answer, or least look at to see if we could offer advice.
In this article we describe the investigation that we carried out.
What is the Global Impact Factor? | Is it Fake?
The Global Impact Factor (GIF) ranks journals using quantitative and qualitative methodologies in order to evaluate the prestige of journals. The evaluation considers factors such as peer review, originality, quality, technical editing quality, editorial quality and regularity.
What was the First Open Access Journal?
What was the first open access journal? We believe that it is Flora Online that started publishing in January 1987. The journal ceased publication in November 1993, after publishing 29 issues.
We say, “we believe” (take a look at our evidence), so if you know different, let us know.