[net-gold] PERIODICALS: PREDATORY JOURNALS : PUBLISHERS PUBLISHING AND PUBLICATIONS: VANITY PRESSES : PERIODICALS: OPEN ACCESS: Beall's List of Predatory,Open-Access Publishers

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PERIODICALS: PREDATORY JOURNALS :

PUBLISHERS PUBLISHING AND PUBLICATIONS: VANITY PRESSES :

PERIODICALS: OPEN ACCESS:

Beall's List of Predatory,Open-Access Publishers


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Beall's List of Predatory,Open-Access Publishers

http://metadata.posterous.com/83235355

PDF Version of

http://carbon.ucdenver.edu/~jbeall/Beall's%20List%20of%20Predatory,%20Open-Access%20Publishers%202012.pdf


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A shorter URL for the above link:

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http://tinyurl.com/6ny3nl3


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"Predatory, open-access publishers are those that unprofessionallyexploit the author-pays model of open-access publishing (Gold OA) fortheir own profit. Typically, these publishers spam professional emaillists, broadly soliciting article submissions for the clear purpose ofgaining additional income. Operating essentially as vanity presses, thesepublishers typically have a low article acceptance threshold, with afalse-front or non-existent peer review process. Unlike professionalpublishing operations, whether subscription-based or ethically-sound openaccess, these predatory publishers add little value to scholarship, paylittle attention to digital preservation, and operate using fly-by-night,unsustainable business models."


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Content Sample:

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Academic Journals

This bogus, Nigeria-based publisher has been around for years,and continues to increase its journal fleet of over one hundred titlesfrom all areas of study. Seeking legitimacy, it falsely associates itselfwith authentic organizations and conferences.


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Academic Journals, Inc.

One of several Faisalabad, Pakistan-based publishers (likely oneoutfit with several brands), this publisher claims to be headquartered inNew York. Its tag line is "Converting research into knowledge," but itought to say, "Converting research into cash" (for the publisher).


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Academic Research Publishing Agency*

This publisher, caught here in its formative stage, only has twotitles. The main page invites proposals for new journal titles. Full ofcontradictions, this site is confusing. Its content appears to be openaccess, but it lists a subscription fee of $400 per year. On one of itseditorial board pages it says, "Elite panel members have a decision weightequivalent of two referees," so if you know one of these elite members,you're in luck.


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ANSINetwork

Another of the Faisalabad, Pakistan-based brands of open-accessjournals, this one ironically describes itself saying "Asian Network forScientific Information is a leading scientific publisher and pinior [sic]in electronic publication in Asia." I think they mean "pioneer." This typois but one example of the errors and unprofessionalism this publisherpresents to the world with each page view.


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Bentham Open

Among the first, large-scale gold OA publishers, Bentham Opencontinues to expand its fleet of journals, now numbering over 230. Benthamessentially operates as a scholarly vanity press.


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Center for Promoting Ideas*

A new publisher with a ridiculous name, this operation is knownto list scholars on its journals' editorial boards without their knowledgeor permission.


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Predatory Open Access Publishers
The Natural Extreme of an Author-Pays Model

Posted by Kent Anderson

The Scholarly Kitchen

http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/03/06/predatory-open-access-
publishers-the-natural-extreme-of-an-author-pays-model/

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http://tinyurl.com/cczbtqu


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A recent story in the Chronicle of Higher Education covers a phenomenonall of us have suspected, mainly because weve seen it via our editorialboards and editorial advisors the proliferation of open access (OA)publishers with new names, unknown pedigrees, big promises, and fulsomeeditorial boards, which often spam our editors and advisors with offers tojoin the parade.


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Problems outlined among the predatory journals include:

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Articles published without complete author approval.

Articles published before payment terms were either understood orcompleted.

Articles published with payment terms incomplete but then negotiated,forcing authors into an uncomfortable position.

An editorial process that created more problems than it solved, witherrors introduced during proof-reading, and authors tearing their hair outbecause of it.


Papers published without peer-review.


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March 4, 2012

'Predatory' Online Journals Lure Scholars Who Are Eager to Publish

The Chronicle of Higher Education

By Michael Stratford

http://chronicle.com/article/Predatory-Online-Journals/131047/

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Amy L. Reynolds, an associate dean at Louisiana State University's ManshipSchool of Mass Communication, had never heard of the Journal of MassCommunication and Journalism when she first received an e-mail solicitingsubmissions for it. But she took a quick look at the journal's Web site,recognized some friends and colleagues on its editorial board, and sent anote about the publishing opportunity to all of her school's graduatestudents.

That's a decision Ms. Reynolds says she now regrets. Several weeks later,she was shocked to learn that one of her doctoral students had submittedresearch to the journal and received an $1,800 invoice in return. Eventhough the student refused to pay the fee and withdrew the paper, thejournal published it. To make matters worse, the version that was postedonline contained several mistakes, including a formatting error that madeit appear the student had plagiarized someone else's work.

As Ms. Reynolds and the student found out, OMICS Publishing Group, thecompany that runs the journal, is an open-access publisher operating underan author-pays model. Unlike traditional journal subscriptions in whichreaders or institutions pay to read content, OMICS relies on itscontributors for financial support.

Although the author-pays model is not a new phenomenon in the realm ofopen access, its recent popularity has attracted some companies that tryto exploit it. Some legitimate, peer-reviewed journals support themselveson the author-pays model, but other journals using the model areessentially vanity publishers that accept virtually any article to collectfees from the authors. The distinction between those two extremes, though,is not always clear-cut.


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Friends or Predators Evaluating Academic Periodicals'
Price Histories as a Means of Making Subscription Decisions
Ferguson, Anthony W
Journal: Journal of library administration
ISSN: 0193-0826 Date: 03/1997
Volume: 24 Issue: 1-2 Page: 73
DOI: 10.1300/J111v24n01_06

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Peter J. Olver is professor of mathematics at the University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis. His email address is

olver@xxxxxxxxxxxx

...written words endure SCRIPTA MANENT

Journals in Flux

Peter J. Olver

http://www.ams.org/notices/201108/rtx110801124p.pdf

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"Finally, I feel compelled to say a brief word
about the dark side of scientific publishing. I
already noted journals artificially manipulating
metrics such as the Impact Factor. More odious are
predatory journals and conferences, which seek to
profit from nae and unscrupulous researchers
through registration fees, pay-to-publish models,
and the like [5]. Furthermore, the bane of plagiarism
is more widespread than many of us acknowledge;
see [6] for some recent cases in SIAM and
my own website [7] for a personal experience that
culminated in legal action and an official acknowledgment
(as well as some remuneration) from the
publisher.

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The community has been far too willingto overlook
such abuses, which has only served toembolden
the perpetrators. For instance, see [8]
for an astonishing case of serial academic fraud in
economics. Only full publicity, including naming
names and, when appropriate, taking legal steps,
will counter these insidious practices. Thus, while
the electronic era has exacerbated older problems
and created new ones such as citation-based metrics,
it also provides a range of potentially powerful
tools that can be employed to combat such nefarious
influences on the profession.

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The time is ripe for a radical rethinking of the
traditional academic model for scholarly communication
within mathematics. While many established
researchers seem uninterested in or unwilling to
fully come to terms with the rapidly shifting electronic
publishing landscape, the community as a
whole cannot afford to lull itself into a false sense
of security. If we are not properly engaged, the
future will be decided for us and, almost certainly,
will not be to our liking."


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The complete articles may be read at the URLs provided for each.

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