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.

Science Advances (OA):
“flag over 1000 suspect journals, which collectively publish hundreds of thousands of articles, receive millions of citations, acknowledge funding from major agencies, and attract authors from developing countries.”
🧪 #PredatoryPublishers
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The #predatorypublishers seem to be running out of inspiration for journal names (unlike @springernature.com who just added "Discovery" to the names of the #MDPI predatory journals).

Just got an invite to become editor for the "WebLog Journal of Amino Acids". Now that is an inspiring title, innit?

Weekly digest: AI-written papers, a PubMed alternative and retracted research This week, we welcome Alfasigma to Open Pharma and highlight 10 must-reads for transparent and reproducible pharmacoepidemiology research. We read about Springer Nature’s donation of a tool to spot AI...

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Weekly digest: AI, research transparency and predatory publishers This week, we spotlight a call for increased transparency in pharmacoepidemiology research and the barriers to publishing PLS. We read about the intersection of AI and open science principles, and we ...

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Patently fraudulent There is a new market for academic fraud: selling fake patents.

Patently fraudulent:
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#PaperMills #Patents #Fraud #PredatoryPublishing #PredatoryPublishers

BBC Radio 4 - All in the Mind, Do lonely brains see the world differently? Plus a look into the world of research journals that aren’t quite what they seem.

Presenting on Navigating Publication this afternoon; I am always glad to link this excellent episode of All in the Mind when covering #PredatoryPublishers www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

happy 2025!

time to strike back at publishers making HUGE money by free-riding scholars and scientific research paid by tax-payers and students.

#Sociology #AcademicLife #PredatoryPublishers

Over 100 German Universities Partner with MDPI in New National Agreement More than 100 German universities and research institutions have entered into a national agreement with MDPI. The publication agreement negotiated...

Germany's ZB MED signs publishing partnership agreement with MDPI.

At a time when MDPI is considered predatory to most, this is a baffling move. 🤑🤢 Doesn't reflect good on #BioMedicalResearch in Germany.

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#SciPub #ScientificPublishing #PredatoryPublishers #OpenAccess

That would be the ARC ERA 2023 exercise that … didn’t take place, right? 🤦🏻‍♀️

Your annual end of year reminder to beware of unsolicited invites from #predatorypublishers

The pollution levels are astounding!

"We invite you to write a book and to recognize and reward the hard work, we offer 15% royalty".

#predatoryPublishers #AcademicChatter #Research

Keep calm and carry on: moral panic, predato... The moral panic over the impact of so-called predatory pu...

This article in the @JrnlMedLibAssn got me thinking about how we in #medical #publishing talk about so-called #PredatoryPublishers: "Keep Calm and Carry On: Moral Panic, Predatory Publishers, Peer Review, and the Emperor's New Clothes." http://bit.ly/37CPeMU

New predatory publishing strategy: personalized spam email with cut and paste of yr specific article in the come-on. #predatorypublishers

New predatory publishing strategy: personalized spam email with cut and paste of yr specific article in the come-on. #predatorypublishers