Is Fiverr being used to promote Predatory Publishing?
Are publishers using freelancers from fiverr to promote their, possibly, predatory journals. We look at the evidence and let you decide whether we should be worried about this?
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Do nurses publish more predatory papers than other disciplines?
We have noticed that the nursing discipline does seem to over-represented in predatory publishing. We investigate whether this is the case or not.
What does “Infecting the Scientific Archive” actually mean?
On this platform, we often say (things like) “we run the risk of the scientific archive becoming infected”, but what does this actually mean?
What damage do predatory journals do?
What is so bad about predatory journals? In this article we provide a few thoughts. It is certainly not a complete list, but we feel that the comments we make are important.
How many predatory journals are there?
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.
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 hope to provide some pointers as to what you can do if you have one of the more common questions, without having to rely on us.
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?
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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 published in The Conversation.
Soundbites and EMAIL Snippets: What are they?
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 we feel that are important and how do we create the images? All the answers are here.