Unethical publishing: Is that a thing?
Our web site and Twitter feed focuses on Predatory Publishing but we have been getting more interested in Unethical Publishing, but what do we mean by that?
Questions about the Journal of Positive School Psychology: Update
In a previous article about the Journal of Positive School Psychology we said that we would take another look at a later date. This is that return visit.
Is this Fiverr gig ethical?
On Fiverr we saw somebody who is offering scientific writing services but they are showing a generis image of “themselves”. Is this ethical?
We have some questions about the Journal of Positive School Psychology
We have recently been taking a look at the Journal of Positive School Psychology and tweeting our findings.
In this article, we present the email we sent to the journal and the response we received.
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?
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.
Call for authorships, but paper already published?
We have become aware of a Facebook post seeking co-authors for a paper. Yet, we think, we think the paper was published almost a year earlier.
Facebook post provides the opportunity to be an author
A Facebook group is offering the opportunity to be an author of a paper, if you pay a fee. In this article we present what we have found, but there are still a lot of questions that need answering.
Open Access Publishing: Issues and Way Forward
Open Access was seen as a new publishing model, but it does come with some challenges.
We also consider whether subject databases could help even wider dissemination.
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?