MDPI, Frontiers and Hindawi journals may be downgraded in Finland
MDPI, Frontiers & Hindawi journals may be downgraded in Finland. We offer some thoughts when we read this.
MDPI, Frontiers and Hindawi journals may be downgraded in Finland
MDPI, Frontiers & Hindawi journals may be downgraded in Finland. We offer some thoughts when we read this.
We mention three books, which all address predatory publishing.
Journals often list Scribd as an indexing service. We explain why this could be an indication of predatory behavior
Who will keep predatory science journals at bay now that Jeffrey Beall’s blog is gone?
Michael J. I. Brown, Monash UniversityFor aficionados of bad science, the blog of University of Colorado librarian Jeffrey Beall was essential reading. Beall’s blog charted the murky world of...
To demonstrate that a journal is predatory sting operations have been carried out. A nonsense paper to see if it gets through the peer review and subsequently published. In this article we look at a...
"Cyllage City COVID-19 Outbreak Linked to Zubat Consumption" is a spoof paper that was accepted and published in a peer reviewed journal. The paper even contained the sentence "Epidemiologists...