Who reviewed this paper? We take a guess
Following a tweet, we look at a paper that had many citations to one particular scholar and also to the journal he edits.
The publication record of Sayed Mohamed Eldin
We look at the number of papers published by Sayed Mohamed Eldin published in 2022-2024. Prior to 2022, we cannot find any publications.
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.
What are the alternatives to Article Processing Charges?
We summarize an article entitled “Who should pay for open-access publishing? APC alternatives emerge”
Some journals now allow ChatGPT-authored content
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.
Should it take three years to investigate a paper?
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.
Three books which address predatory publishing
We mention three books, which all address predatory publishing.
How big is science’s fake-paper problem?
A recent Nature paper presented the issue of paper mills. We gives out take home messages from this paper.