[ECOLOG-L] Predatory Journals

For those of you ever wondering about all those manuscript submission requests that fill up you inbox, I thought you might be interested in a short article I recently wrote on the topic of predatory journals. I had an interesting time monitoring all the emails I received for over two months and

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This issue of accessing papers without a university affiliation can be a tricky one, but it seems to be getting easier. There are plenty of established, reputable open access journals out there. The PLoS family of journals conduct quite extensive peer reviews these days, and many scientific so

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Hi all, My institution urges open access publishing, and is wary of predatory journals. The links below may help when searching for publication venues, as well as clarifying what at least one university thinks is a reasonable set of ethics. The third link is the same as what Bob O'Hara shared. The

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These are all very good points and I agree that it is becoming increasingly difficult to identify high quality and legitimate Open Access Journals. Although I am admittedly biased, my favorite journal is the one that I edit, Applications in Plant Sciences (APPS), which is for those of you looki

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收件人:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU 抄送: 主题: Re: [ECOLOG-L] predatory journals If anyone has a list of respectable, legitimate, good quality Open Access Journals that would probably be of great benefit to many in this listserv. Many of us are not in the academic world, and our organizations cannot

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Skype Original Message Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] predatory journals From: Bob OHara Date: Thu, September 07, 2017 9:47 am To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Hopefully the Directory of Open Access Journals is what you need: https://doaj.org/. Bob On 09/07/2017 11:10 AM, Neahga Leonard wrote:

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Hopefully the Directory of Open Access Journals is what you need: https://doaj.org/. Bob On 09/07/2017 11:10 AM, Neahga Leonard wrote: If anyone has a list of respectable, legitimate, good quality Open Access Journals that would probably be of great benefit to many in this listserv. Many o

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If anyone has a list of respectable, legitimate, good quality Open Access Journals that would probably be of great benefit to many in this listserv. Many of us are not in the academic world, and our organizations cannot afford to criminally high cost of access to many journals, yet still need time

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[ECOLOG-L] predatory journals

"To reduce the supply of papers flowing to predatory journals, we need to do a better job of educating trainees and faculty members about how to assess a journal's integrity. We need incentives and resources that will prevent scientists from sending real work to places that will not identify flaws

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. CH From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] on behalf of Judith S. Weis [jw...@andromeda.rutgers.edu] Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 12:17 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] predatory journals I assure you I'm not s

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I assure you I'm not sending any manuscripts to them! I avoid even legitimate journals with page charges. > Hi Judith, > > Jacobs publisher is what you would call a 'predatory journal'. Poorly > edited email texts with errors are a red flag. Predatory publishers are > also notorious for sending b

[ECOLOG-L] predatory journals

I frequently get messages like this from journals I've never heard of. The stilted English writing suggests it's not written by an American, yet the address is given as Austin TX. Don't know if its strictly "predatory" but it raises suspicions. Original Message -

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Predatory journals, far and wide

This writer presents the problem in the title much better than did the original aritlce in Science. He is targeting predatory journals, whereas the original paper was targeting open access journals. Read the original article in Science carefully. The author indicates he There are several publish

[ECOLOG-L] Predatory journals, far and wide

    An article on the growth and operation of predatory journals, and their potentially corrosive effect on academic ethics:    http://www.ottawacitizen.com/technology/Blinded+scientific+gobbledygook/9757736/story.html