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High number of citations to a journal, as well as to papers authored by the EiC of that journal
We look at an article that appears to cite a high number of papers from a journal that is difficult to tracks down and it also cites a high number of papers authored by the EiC of that journal.
We summarize an article entitled "Who should pay for open-access publishing? APC alternatives emerge"
Some journals now allow ChatGPT-authored text to be used in articles. We express some of our views
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.
Ethical concerns were raised about three years ago, saying that a paper contained fake meta-analysis. The publisher says that it is still under investigation. We give our thoughts.
Revenue form article processing charges for five publishers was over US$ 1 billion between 2015-2018
The "big 5" publishers (Elsevier, Sage, Springer-Nature, Taylor & Francis and Wiley) a was over $1 billion. We look at the article that reported this.