Are you going to @uksg.bsky.social in Glasgow? I'll be there with Ash Rees and @cabells.com on Stand #27 if you'd like to meet up or just have a quick chat. See you there!

#UKSG2026 #scholcomm #libraries #researchintegrity #predatoryjournals

Some wise words (mostly other people’s) on the @cabells.com blog about trust in publishing ✍️

HT: @retractionwatch.com

#scholcomm #predatoryjournals #publishing

Identifying Predatory Journals: A Global Challenge Ahead Explore the hidden challenges in global academic publishing, focusing on the rise of predatory journals and the need for greater awareness.

UNDERCOVER: The predatory publishing problem is not confined to English language journals - it is a global malaise. Here's the story from Brazil: blog.cabells.com/2026/03/11/p... @cabells.com

HT: @universidadesbr.bsky.social

#scholcomm #predatoryjournals #academicjournals #researchintegrity

Scientists warn fake research is spreading faster than real science A sweeping new study from Northwestern University reveals that scientific fraud is no longer just the work of a few rogue researchers—it has evolved into a global, organized enterprise. By analyzing m...

Scientists warn #fakesciences research is spreading faster than real science | ScienceDaily
Global, organized enterprise involving #papermill brokers, and #predatoryJournals that systematically produce and sell #fakeresearch , #authorship slots, and citations

Pokémon turns 30 — how the fictional pocket monsters shaped science The Japanese media sensation has inspired generations of researchers in fields as diverse as evolution, biodiversity and research integrity.

Pokémon turns 30 — how the fictional pocket monsters shaped science www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#Pokemon #Education #Gamification #ResearchIntegrity #AcademicSky #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter #STEM #Evolution #Biodiversity #Taxonomy #Science #PredatoryJournals

Does the term 'predatory journal' bother you? It does some people, but unfortunately attempts to rename something rarely stick - especially when a name makes sense. My latest for @cabells.com

#scholcomm #predatoryjournals #researchintegrity

What’s in a name? In 2016, an online poll was set up in the UK to name a new, multi-million-pound research vessel. Many good suggestions were made, but once ‘Boaty McBoatface’ was suggested online, it started to garner huge support and eventually won a third of all the votes cast. Embarassed, the UK government decided to call it the Sir David Attenborough but was forced to hastily revert to the popular choice when it faced howls of protest.

From Boaty McBoatface to “predatory journals,” names tend to stick - especially when they capture a real problem. In our latest blog, Simon Linacre explores why attempts to rebrand #PredatoryPublishing may miss the mark and why clarity still matters in research integrity.

#PredatoryJournals

It seems that my work is at this point influential enough for me to be on the editorial board of a predatory journal. My paper on "Kang Youwei's J(sic)(sic) Daxue zhu xu (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)" seems very influential... #Academia #PredatoryJournals

Next-Level Decisions After several years in development, Cabells launches its new Journalytics STEM product today, offering the same next-level journal data as its companion Academic and Medicine products to support the best possible decision-making across STEM subjects. It’s taken time to put together Journalytics STEM simply because there are a lot of journals to review, curate, and assess in this field, with well over 7,000 journals included across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics areas.

Next-level decisions start here.

Today we’re launching Journalytics STEM — bringing curated, verified journal data across 7,000+ #STEM titles together with Predatory Reports (20,000+ #PredatoryJournals) to power smarter publishing choices.

Check out our latest blog to learn more.

Is the journal legitimate? Aletheia-Probe can help you decide The open-source tool provides a one-stop shop to help you assess whether journals and conferences are trustworthy or predatory.

Aletheia-Probe aggregates databases to help researchers assess journal credibility. Won't solve predatory publishing, but makes due diligence faster.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#ResearchIntegrity #PredatoryJournals

Cabells' Predatory Reports: 20,000 Journals and New Criteria Discover the latest updates on Cabells' Predatory Reports, now listing over 20,000 journals and refining criteria to combat predatory publishing.

Behind the scenes on how @cabells.com updates and maintains its Predatory Reports database of over 20,000 journals

#scholcomm #predatoryjournals #academicpublishing #researchintegrity

blog.cabells.com/2026/02/11/2...

Pejman Habibie and Ismaeil Fazel, eds. Predatory Practices in Scholarly Publishing and Knowledge Sharing: Causes and Implications for Scholarship | Journal of Scholarly Publishing View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.

"One of the few serious volumes assessing the impact of predatory practices" - my review of 'Predatory Practices in Scholarly Publishing and Knowledge Sharing' in Journal of Scholarly Publishing (utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...)

#scholcomm #predatoryjournals #researchintegrity

Cabells Expands Predatory Reports Database to 20,000 Journals Cabells' Predatory Reports database now includes over 20,000 journals, empowering academics to navigate and verify reliable publishing options.

Cabells' Predatory Reports uses transparent, documented criteria to evaluate journals, which now has 20K+ titles.

Helping researchers publish with confidence. #Publishing #Research #PredatoryJournals
blog.cabells.com/2026/02/03/c...

El científico Me-Lo I Nvent O y los números primos de las embarazadas: un matemático expone la estafa de las revistas depredadoras El español Pascual Diago ha publicado un delirante estudio para denunciar la invasión de editoriales fraudulentas en la ciencia

¿harto de revistas depredadoras?
Aquí han encontrado una forma de diversión a su costa. El problema sigue ahí... pero risas garantizadas

elpais.com/ciencia/2026...

#academicsky #predatoryjournals #spam #ciencia

20,000 Reasons to Love Predatory Reports In August 2021, the number of journals included in the Cabells Predatory Reports database reached 15,000, and we declared at the time that it represented a ‘mountain to climb’ for many researchers, as other integrity issues were proliferating. Sadly, this mountain has only grown, with the number of predatory journals listed in Predatory Reports now passing 20,000 (20,274 to be precise).

Predatory Reports now includes information on more than 20,000 predatory journals - a sobering milestone in research integrity.

Read a bit about how we got here in our latest blog.

#AcademicPublishing #PredatoryJournals #ScholComm

ICYMI: Big news 🚨 from Cabells yesterday on the size of the predatory journal problem

#scholcoom #academicpublishing #predatoryjournals

Good questions @grahamkendall.bsky.social! I don’t know what the issue is for 2️⃣ but for 1️⃣ when it comes to the issue of #predatoryjournals then the whole MO of perpetrators is anonymity and deception, so in order to counter them I think transparency is essential

an illustration of a laptop with a hook dropping in from above and snagging a folder that contains paperwork

In this week's post on the APA Style blog, we discuss predatory journals and journal hijacking. This post includes practical tips for students to identify and thus avoid citing articles from such journals.

🔗 apastyle.apa.org/blog/predato...

#PredatoryJournals #HigherEd #CiteYourSources #APA7

Book Review: Introduction to Research Ethics and Academic Integrity, by Amani Khalil Abu-Shaheen, Muaawia Ahmed Hamza, and Sumayyia Marar (eds.) If there is a common thread to any article or commentary on the state of research integrity and publishing ethics among the global scholarly community, it is usually that there is a need for more education. If only PhD students had better teaching on research integrity issues, and early career scholars more formal instruction on publishing norms, then we would not have the slew of integrity issues we seem to be facing.

New on our blog: Simon Linacre reviews the new book Introduction to Research Ethics and Academic Integrity and finds some helpful frameworks & case studies, but also a few misses on AI and #PredatoryJournals.

#AcademicIntegrity #ScholComm

Original post on fosstodon.org

The review was surprisingly quick with 6 weeks. Surprisingly, the two reviewers remarked practically nothing and had no further questions, but emphasized the suitability of the topic and our rigorous methods for the journal. First I was rather sceptical of this review, as it had vibes of […]

A 4 panel comic by AfterDeathComics https://www.patreon.com/c/afterdeathcomics Panel 1: A man at a counter speaks to a woman holding out some money, "Congratulations! Your article has been accepted into our scientific journal. That'll be $5000." Panel 2: The man holds up a journal and continues, "Ooohhh, your article is so good, for an extra fee we can put it on the cover of the journal". The woman drops more money on the counter, looking quite annoyed. Panel 3: The woman asks, "Can you mail me a copy when it comes out?" and the man replies, looking perplexed, "What? No! We phased that out long ago, too expensive" Panel 4: The man points at the woman and remarks, "By the way if you want access to your article online, you'll have to pay", at which the woman throws her hands up (her pockets noticeably empty) and cries out "What do you even do?!"

"Scientific Exposure"
- this one reminded me of some things I've seen on my timeline...
#science #comic #journal #shitpost #FromReddit #PredatoryJournals
(by: afterdeathcomics)

I don't know about all the nuances of the word "Annals" in English. But "Annalen" is a very big word in colloquial German which makes it quite entertaining when #predatoryJournals choose names like "Annals of Case Reports".

Monica Berger. Predatory Publishing and Global Scholarly Communications | Journal of Scholarly Publishing View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.

JUST PUBLISHED! My review of Predatory Publishing and Global Scholarly Communications by Monica Berger in the Journal of Scholarly Publishing @utpjournals.bsky.social

#scholcomm #predatoryjournals #integrity #bookreview

utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/...

"Journal of Multidisciplinary Research" is interested in my "work in a specific area". Publication fee just $30. I should be impressed, but not by the poorly drafted solicitation email. #academicspam #predatoryjournals

Saisir l’objet mouvant de la prédation dans la communication scientifique (par URFIST Info) :
urfistinfo.hypotheses.org/5713
#predatoryjournals #revuesprédatrices

Dentistry 3000 (EISSN: 2167-8677) lists papers accepted just one day after submission.
Peer review in 24 hours? That’s either groundbreaking efficiency or no review at all. #PredatoryJournals
doi.org/10.5195/d300...
doi.org/10.5195/d300...
doi.org/10.5195/d300...
doi.org/10.5195/d300...

Estimating the predictability of questionable open-access journals AI screening of journals identifies over a thousand questionable journals, helping experts review where it is needed most.

[Veille] ça, il faut avouer que c'est foufou comme projet; les schémas permettent de se faire 1 idée : Han Zhuang et al.,Estimating the predictability of questionable open-access journals.Sci. Adv.11,eadt2792(2025) dx.doi.org/10.1126/scia...
#predatoryjournals #openaccess #integrity #AI

Les revues prédatrices, toujours plus loin dans le portnaouak.

#predatoryJournals #PredatoryEditors

Cabells' #publishing solutions support your #medical researchers! Journalytics Medicine & Predatory Reports offers submission guidelines, detailed metrics, insights and trends for 9k+ verified medical #journals and 19k+ #PredatoryJournals.

Learn more at buff.ly/49E1HLD

A Little Knowledge Is a Dangerous Thing There have been a number of studies in recent years about the awareness of predatory journals among researchers, which have had some troubling findings around perceived knowledge and actual knowledge of their activities. One study, for example, showed that while 87% of respondents to one survey said they were confident in identifying a predatory journal, only 60% could do so when tested.

A new study shows troubling gaps in faculty knowledge of #PredatoryJournals. Discipline, career stage, and experience don’t matter, but recent #publishing activity does. Without training, many researchers remain at risk of falling prey to deceptive outlets. Read more in our latest blog.