Disorder in Switzerland?
Entropy is an open-access journal published by MDPI, the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, based in Basel, Switzerland.
More Controversy Over Open-Access Publisher MDPI
May 16, 2013
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“Please add my journal to your list”
May 14, 2013
I’m happy to add this to my list, sure.
I regularly receive emails from new open-access publishers asking me to add their publisher or journal to one of my lists.
My lists include publishers and standalone journals that I have found to be predatory or questionable in their practices, so it’s odd that a publisher would request inclusion.
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Another Questionable Publisher Emerges from Canada
May 9, 2013
One of many in Canada.
We recently learned about the Canadian Science and Technology Press Inc. a scholarly publisher with six brand-new scholarly journals. The journal lists an address in the Toronto, Ontario suburb of Richmond Hill. Read the rest of this entry »
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The Serials Crisis is Over.
May 7, 2013
Quotations about the serials crisis (below).
I declare that the serials crisis, the event that gave birth to the open-access movement, is over. Read the rest of this entry »
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New Open-Access Publisher Launches with 66 Journal Titles
May 2, 2013
Recently launched, and with 66 brand-new journals, Horizon Research Publishing Corporation carefully hides its headquarters location on its website. The “contact us” page does not list any location. [Update, 2013-06-08: The website now lists this address: Horizon Research Publishing 506 N GARFIELD AVE #210 ALHAMBRA CA 91801 USA].
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The Onslaught of Questionable Open-Access Journals Persists Unabated
April 30, 2013On April, 8, I was quoted in a New York Times article about questionable open-access publishers and questionable conferences. Since that day I’ve been happy to receive many emails, some with suggestions about possible publishers and standalone journals to add to my lists.
Below are three publishers and two standalone journals that I added to my lists after completing an analysis of each. For each I’ve listed the name, a representative image, a selection of the reasons for including the publisher / journal on my list, and a short discussion.
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Vanity Journals are Threatening Taxonomy
April 23, 2013
A must-read article.
Recently I have learned about two self-published “journals” that are creating havoc for insect and reptile taxonomists. These are the two journals:
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Will Article Promotion Companies Make Article-Level Metrics Obsolete ?
April 19, 2013
Danger Will Robinson!
Scientists beware: There is a new scholarly publishing-related scheme that aims to separate you from your money. Read the rest of this entry »
13 Comments | Scholarly Open-Access Publishers | Tagged: altmetrics, ARTICLE PROMOTION COMPANIES, article-level metrics, Impact factor | Permalink
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The Suspicious Case of Science Record Journals
April 11, 2013
Well trusted by whom?
Science Record is a Delaware-based publisher of ten scholarly journals. This publisher now appears to be a toll-access publisher, and each article listed has a “purchase” link, but none of the links actually leads to anything.
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The Epitome of Predatory Publishers
April 9, 2013
Scholarly publishing has never been so easy.
The English word epitome can mean, according to Wictionary, “The embodiment or encapsulation of” or “A representative example.” Here I want to describe a publisher that is the epitome of predatory publishers.
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