We believe that there are about 15,000 predatory journals, although, it is quite a difficult question to answer; as we explore in this article.
Category: Predatory Journal
How we can help (or not) with your predatory publishing questions
If you want our help on predatory publishing related issues there are various ways we try to do this. This article provides details of how we can assist you and, in many cases, why we cannot. We also...
Paying commission to academics reduces the value of research
Why do predatory and vanity academic publishers and conferences exist? Why are they flourishing now? And what can they tell us about the failings of academia?
We would like to invite those that are interested in our work to become one of our patrons. This will support us financially, which will enable us to do even more but, importantly, it will also...
Vanity and predatory academic publishers are corrupting the pursuit of knowledge
Radio National’s Background Briefing recently presented a grim academic tale of identity theft, shambolic conferences, exploitation, sham peer review and pseudoscience. This article was originally...
One of the features (we like to believe) of our Twitter account are the regular posts we do that feature “Soundbites” and “EMAIL snippets”. But what are they, why do we feature these, why do...