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Jeffrey Beall
University of Colorado Denver
ORCID ID 0000-0001-9012-5330
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Spam email from apredatory mega-journal
ISSN
Quick acceptance
Indexing
International
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Distribution models for scholarlypublishing The traditional model
Validation function
The open-access movement
The gold open-access model (APCs)
Green open-access model
Platinum open-access model
The Big Deal in libraries
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Predatory Publishers
Use the gold open-access model Conflict of interest: more papers = more income
Not all OA journals are bad; not all traditional ones are good
Monetary transactions between authors and publishers are with troubles
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How predatory publishers operate(continued)
Bogus metrics companies Other spam comes from article promotion companies, Lamb
hijacked journals
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My work with predatory publisher
First became interested in 2009 via spam Coined term predatory publisher in summer, 2010
Blog with three lists: publishers, standalone journals, misleametrics. Commentary
My work has been less than perfect
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http://scholarlyoa.com
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Predatoryidentification
Criteria
Lack of transparency (hidinginformation conventionally given bypublishers)
Deception
Dont follow industry standards
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Why predatory publishers areproblematic
They corrupt open-access and give it a bad name Possibly have increased the occurrence of research
misconduct
Threaten demarcation and the cumulative nature ofresearch
Bogus research has affected societal institutions
They have fostered the creation of predatoryconferences
General public has access to bad science
They dont back up their content
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Other
Retraction Watch
Using predatory journals to promote bogus science
Be wary of researchers that approach you with new scienc
Many still unaware of predatory publishers
Academic misconduct
Data and image manipulation
Plagiarism
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