Three books which address predatory publishing
We mention three books, which all address predatory publishing.
Predatory Conference
Get me off Your F*@^ing Mailing List
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.
WASET: 2020 Conference Schedule
In 2020, the “World Academy of Science and Engineering and Technology” (WASET) is promoting 142,791 conferences. In this article we analyze these conferences and also estimate the revenue that they generate.
Our anonymity and a change in direction
We outline a new direction for this web site (and our Twitter feed). We will still focus on predatory publishing but will also have a much wider coverage.
What is the definition of predatory publishing?
In May 2020, Kyle Siler said that there is no agreed definition of predatory publishing.
Although this article was written almost two and a half years ago, is this still true today?
How many conferences does WASET organise?
WASET (World Academy of Science Engineering and Technology) advertises over 300,000 conferences a year, approximately 900 every day. On one particular day it advertised 8,894 conferences. In the past six years, we estimate WASET’s revenue to be between EURO 8.95m and EURO 11.94m from these conferences.