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Received this email from American Journal of Science Education Research. Looking at the green highlight. Just noting: ⭕ The impact factor is not Web of Science (Clarivate). It does not claim to be, but perhaps tries to give that impression. ⭕ The journal is not indexed by

. New blog post: Ten Challenges that Threaten the Integrity of Scholarly Publishing predatory-publishing.com/ten-challenges… There are more than ten challenges that the scholarly community faces, but here are some of the important ones. We plan to look at them in a little more detail over the

Last week I was fortunate enough to be invited to give a keynote talk in India. I spoke about the uses and abuses that AI presents to scholarly publishing but I first gave a few examples of unethical practices, that did not involve AI, just to show that it is not a new problem.

Yann LeCun, Yann LeCun, is a luminary in Computer Science, particularly in areas such as Neural Networks. Just to digress, I work in similar areas and he has been a big influence on my career - thank you. If fraudsters are using his name on papers, how many others are there where

Surprising to see this on LinkedIn. A journal claiming Scopus Q1, fast acceptance, and WhatsApp submission under Transnational Press London, a known #predatory publisher. #predatoryjournals #ScholarlyPublishing

. Science Guardians data is eight years out of date In their Guidelines for Estimating Fair Guidelines Compensation for Peer Reviewers (see buff.ly/Tcf4xLJ archived at buff.ly/Tt0K953) ScienceGuardians: 1️⃣ State that the financial turnover for scholarly publishing

In a recent blog post I highlighted ten challenges that the scholarly community faces. Editorial Boards was one of them. You can see the other challenges here: buff.ly/j5CEm2h

Hi ScienceGuardians, You say "Scientific Reports which has faced criticism for lax peer review (close to 50% acceptance rate) and high pressure on editors to accept papers." Can you give some examples where this criticism has been made. When making such statements, it would be

The Black Market of Publications in Peru: Paper Mills and Authorship for Sale buff.ly/Tcn1kxv

Hi ScienceGuardians, You say: "These publishers pay $0 to authors, reviewers, and most editors, profiting from free labor while charging high APCs or subscriptions. Publicly funded research is locked behind paywalls, and scholars face uncompensated rushed reviews, compromising

In a recent blog post I highlighted ten challenges that the scholarly community faces. Paper Mills was one of them. You can see the other challenges here: buff.ly/j5CEm2h ... you might also be interested in our recent post on Paper Mills: buff.ly/Fpg1Uvz

AI paper mills are swamping science with garbage studies ift.tt/HTgLXix

Hi ScienceGuardians, You mention some revenue figures, that is: 💰 Publisher Revenues (2023–2024): • Elsevier: $3.9 billion (RELX) • Springer Nature: $2 billion (Holtzbrinck) • Wiley: $1.8 billion • Taylor & Francis: $800 million (Informa) Could you tell us where you got

Dozens of Elsevier papers retracted over fake companies and suspicious authorship changes buff.ly/Z3QUbj9

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Thanks for the interesting post. We have recently published in this area, which the interested reader might also be interested reader may also want to take a look at: predatory-publishing.com/the-threat-of-…

In a recent blog post I highlighted ten challenges that the scholarly community faces. Predatory Journals and Conferences was one of them. You can see the other challenges here: buff.ly/j5CEm2h

.ScienceGuardians, You say "Peer Review Evasion: Predatory journals and predatory practices by legitimate journals enable paper mills to evade rigorous scrutiny, leading to publication with minimal oversight." ... are you able to give a couple of examples where legitimate journals

Web of Science delists bioengineering journal in wake of paper mill cleanup buff.ly/UcJ1l2m