Geroge Perry
When I analyze and investigate possible predatory publishers, there is one name that I frequently see: George Perry.
What’s Up with Dr. George Perry?
February 28, 2013
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Scholarly Open-Access Publishers | Tagged: BIoInfo Publishing, George Perrry, imprimatur, OMICS Publishing, predatory publishers, University of Texas San Antonio | 
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Appeal Process to be Implemented for This Blog’s Lists
February 27, 2013
Appeal
This blog will be adding an appeal process soon. If any publisher or independent journal feels that it should not be included on one of the two lists (publishers, independent journals), a process will be in place to handle appeals. The appeal process will involve a blind review by a three-member advisory board that will study the appeal and make a recommendation (keep, remove) to the website owner.
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Documenting Plagiarism in the Journal of Academic and Business Ethics
February 26, 2013
Research Institute or Vanity Press ?
The Journal of Academic and Business Ethics is one of 19 journals published by the Jacksonville, Florida-based Academic and Business Research Institute (AABRI). The institute appears to be chiefly a one-man operation headed by entrepreneur Dr. Russell K. Baker, who is an Associate Professor of Management Information Systems at the Davis College of Business, Jacksonville University .
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OA Journal Stops Publishing, Deletes Website
February 22, 2013One of the things I look for in scholarly open-access publishers is an understanding of and a commitment to digital preservation. In fact, my Criteria for Determining Predatory Open-Access Publishers includes one criterion related to this: “The publisher … has no policies or practices for digital preservation.”
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Bangladeshis Publishing Even More Journals from Connecticut
February 19, 2013
Moinuddin Sarker, publisher.
I recently discovered a group of 15 brand-new journals that are not published under the banner of any publisher — each operates as an independent journal. They all have an intriguing relationship with Academic and Scientific Publishing, a new predatory publisher I recently described in an earlier blog post.
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Introducing World Science Research Journals
February 14, 2013
Don’t even think about publishing here.
The gold rush continues — gold open-access, that is. This blog post briefly describes a brand-new publisher we recently discovered. It has serious problems. Let me explain.
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OMICS Ineptly Uses Social Media to Promote its Brands
February 12, 2013Guest blog post by Kenneth Witwer.
Kenneth Witwer is an assistant professor of pathobiology in the Baltimore, Maryland area. The views and opinions expressed in this post are his own and do not necessarily reflect the policies or positions of his employer or any associated entity.
15 Comments | Scholarly Open-Access Publishers, Unethical Practices | Tagged: LinkedIn, OMICS Group, social media | Permalink
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Five Ways to Defeat Automated Plagiarism Detection
February 7, 2013Increasingly, unethical authors and predatory publishers are learning new tricks to make it more difficult to detect plagiarism in their writings and published articles. Here are five methods they are using to defeat automated plagiarism detection programs.
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New Publisher Fakes Association with Reed Elsevier
February 5, 2013
A collage of two discrete parts of the journals’s main page.
If you want a really good example of a predatory publisher, have a look at KnowledgesPublisher. This brand-new publisher uses lies and deception to make itself look legitimate. Read the rest of this entry »
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