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One out of four isn't bad.
#predatoryJournals

Today's article solicitations brought to you by my expertise in Film Studies, Linguistics, Policy Development, and Chemical Engineering.

One out of four isn't bad.
#predatoryJournals

Unsere Kollegin Dr. @sielertd berät bei uns an der #TIB zu den Themen #OpenAccess und wissenschaftliches Publizieren. Nun war sie zu Gast im Podcast der Graduiertenakademie der @unihannover.
Dort ging es u. a. um die Entstehung von Open Access, verschiedene Publikationsmöglichkeiten, Finanzierung und Zugangswege sowie Kriterien zur Unterscheidung von guten und unseriösen Zeitschriften (#PredatoryJournals).

Hier gehts zum Podcast: https://www.graduiertenakademie.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/graduiertenakademie/Audiodateien_Podcast_O-Toene/Folge_28_Open_Access-Publizieren.mp3

Unsere Kollegin Dr. @sielertd berät bei uns an der #TIB zu den Themen #OpenAccess und wissenschaftliches Publizieren. Nun war sie zu Gast im Podcast der Graduiertenakademie der @unihannover.
Dort ging es u. a. um die Entstehung von Open Access, verschiedene Publikationsmöglichkeiten, Finanzierung und Zugangswege sowie Kriterien zur Unterscheidung von guten und unseriösen Zeitschriften (#PredatoryJournals).

Hier gehts zum Podcast: https://www.graduiertenakademie.uni-hannover.de/fileadmin/graduiertenakademie/Audiodateien_Podcast_O-Toene/Folge_28_Open_Access-Publizieren.mp3

Neuer Selbstlernkurs für Forschende und Bibliotheksmitarbeitende: #PredatoryJournals erkennen und vermeiden

Der Online-Kurs von @tibhannover zeigt,
🔎 wie sich unseriöse Journals erkennen lassen
🧰 welche Prüftools & Checklisten helfen
⚠️ welche Risiken Predatory Publishing birgt – und was man tun kann, wenn man dort publiziert hat.

Zum Kurs: https://service.tib.eu/toern/course/view.php?id=64

Save the Date:
📅 Offene Online-Sprechstunde: 4. Mai, 14–15 Uhr

#OpenAccess #PredatoryPublishing #WissKomm #OpenScience #Bibliothek

Neuer Selbstlernkurs für Forschende und Bibliotheksmitarbeitende: #PredatoryJournals erkennen und vermeiden

Der Online-Kurs von @tibhannover zeigt,
🔎 wie sich unseriöse Journals erkennen lassen
🧰 welche Prüftools & Checklisten helfen
⚠️ welche Risiken Predatory Publishing birgt – und was man tun kann, wenn man dort publiziert hat.

Zum Kurs: https://service.tib.eu/toern/course/view.php?id=64

Save the Date:
📅 Offene Online-Sprechstunde: 4. Mai, 14–15 Uhr

#OpenAccess #PredatoryPublishing #WissKomm #OpenScience #Bibliothek

I have recently submitted a pre-print to medRxiv, which triggered a flurry of spam. I use this opportunity to react to the phenomenon of academic junk and predatory publishing more generally. A typical mail... #academia #spam #publishing #predatoryJournals

https://druedin.com/notes/academic_junk.html

Für #Wissenschaft & #Forschung bedeutet, #OpenAccess zu publizieren, Gedanken, Konzepte und Forschungsergebnisse digital weltweit frei zugänglich und so auf die jeweilige Forschung aufmerksam zu machen.
Was das Konzept des Open Access bedeutet, welche Richtlinien es zu beachten gilt, welche Fallstricke #predatoryjournals bereithalten und wie man prüft, welche Open Access-Zeitschrift zum jeweiligen Thema passen könnte - dafür gibt es hier weitreichende Informationen.
https://www.bildungsserver.de/nachricht.html?nachricht_id=2449

Für #Wissenschaft & #Forschung bedeutet, #OpenAccess zu publizieren, Gedanken, Konzepte und Forschungsergebnisse digital weltweit frei zugänglich und so auf die jeweilige Forschung aufmerksam zu machen.
Was das Konzept des Open Access bedeutet, welche Richtlinien es zu beachten gilt, welche Fallstricke #predatoryjournals bereithalten und wie man prüft, welche Open Access-Zeitschrift zum jeweiligen Thema passen könnte - dafür gibt es hier weitreichende Informationen.
https://www.bildungsserver.de/nachricht.html?nachricht_id=2449

So, there are fake accounts on Google scholar. I got an email from an alleged colleague at TU Delft who offers help in publishing papers. This raised my suspicion. I didn't find him on the TU Delft websites, but he gives a Google Scholar page with a verified TU Delft email. Turns out it is from TUDeift and not TU Delft (i instead of I, which is really hard to spot). So, that is very intentionally misleading to fool you!
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UzGqWEgAAAAJ&hl=en
#predatoryJournals #criminal #science #spam

So, there are fake accounts on Google scholar. I got an email from an alleged colleague at TU Delft who offers help in publishing papers. This raised my suspicion. I didn't find him on the TU Delft websites, but he gives a Google Scholar page with a verified TU Delft email. Turns out it is from TUDeift and not TU Delft (i instead of I, which is really hard to spot). So, that is very intentionally misleading to fool you!
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UzGqWEgAAAAJ&hl=en
#predatoryJournals #criminal #science #spam

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 #predatoryJournals. But then again I really poured a lot of work and fine-tuning into this particular article to make it consistent. And PLOS journals appear pretty non-predatory.¹

¹https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00327

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 #predatoryJournals. But then again I really poured a lot of work and fine-tuning into this particular article to make it consistent. And PLOS journals appear pretty non-predatory.¹

¹https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00327

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

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

Identify trusted publishers for your research • Think. Check. Submit.
Mise à jour du référentiel pour les livres et articles #predatoryJournals #PredatoryPublishers
https://thinkchecksubmit.org/

[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) https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adt2792
#predatoryjournals #openaccess #integrity #AI #DOAJ #machinelearning #deeplearning

Predatory journals publishing AI slop in the name of famous academics to confer legitimacy

I find it almost impossible to believe this short article in International Journal of Sociology Civics research was produced by Anthony Giddens and Robert Putnam. Everything about it, from venue through to methodology and style, scream bullshit:

They also have a publication of ‘new’ papers by Zygmunt Bauman, Pierre Bourdieu and Michael Burawoy (all deceased) in 2025. What’s going on here? Is a predatory journal faking authorship, through AI generated papers, in order to confer legitimacy? What’s spectacularly lazy about it is that the papers look nothing like something these authors would write, even if they were alive and interested in publishing in this journal.

#AISlop #fraud #knowledgeSystem #predatoryJournals #publishing #scholarlyPublishing

Interested in our paper on preprint-related spam? 📄 "Unsolicited Emails Following Preprint Publications as an Emerging Academic Issue". The full text is available on request via ResearchGate – just send me a message there: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395070792_Unsolicited_Emails_Following_Preprint_Publications_as_an_Emerging_Academic_Issue

#preprints #spam #predatoryjournals #academicintegrity #openscience #scholarlycommunication #research #academiclife

Interested in our paper on preprint-related spam? 📄 "Unsolicited Emails Following Preprint Publications as an Emerging Academic Issue". The full text is available on request via ResearchGate – just send me a message there: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/395070792_Unsolicited_Emails_Following_Preprint_Publications_as_an_Emerging_Academic_Issue

#preprints #spam #predatoryjournals #academicintegrity #openscience #scholarlycommunication #research #academiclife

Who hasn’t received spam from predatory journals or fake conferences? 🙄 What’s worse, even preprints trigger a flood of “invitations” with fake impact factors and promises of instant review

I usually delete this junk, but my colleague Jaime kept the evidence – and we wrote about this ugly phenomenon of scholarly communication.

📄 Our new paper in Internet Reference Services Quarterly: https://doi.org/10.1080/10875301.2025.2550600

#preprints #spam #predatoryjournals #academicintegrity #openscience #academiclife

Who hasn’t received spam from predatory journals or fake conferences? 🙄 What’s worse, even preprints trigger a flood of “invitations” with fake impact factors and promises of instant review

I usually delete this junk, but my colleague Jaime kept the evidence – and we wrote about this ugly phenomenon of scholarly communication.

📄 Our new paper in Internet Reference Services Quarterly: https://doi.org/10.1080/10875301.2025.2550600

#preprints #spam #predatoryjournals #academicintegrity #openscience #academiclife

@dfg_public

Problematisch an der Kampagne gegen "predatory journals" ist dass die "normale" Praxis von Wissenschaftsverlagen verharmlost wird. Peer Review wird von Wissenschaftler*innen kostenfrei geleistet, für den Namen des Journals und die PDFs wird trotzdem massiv abkassiert (bei Instituten und bei Bibliotheken). Und die Texte für KI-Training kommerziell genutzt. Gerade bei den "seriösen". Die Antwort auf diese Praxis muss eigene Infrastruktur sein.

#wisskomm #predatoryjournals #dfg

@dfg_public

Problematisch an der Kampagne gegen "predatory journals" ist dass die "normale" Praxis von Wissenschaftsverlagen verharmlost wird. Peer Review wird von Wissenschaftler*innen kostenfrei geleistet, für den Namen des Journals und die PDFs wird trotzdem massiv abkassiert (bei Instituten und bei Bibliotheken). Und die Texte für KI-Training kommerziell genutzt. Gerade bei den "seriösen". Die Antwort auf diese Praxis muss eigene Infrastruktur sein.

#wisskomm #predatoryjournals #dfg

A new study examined how well US university faculty across disciplines know about #PredatoryJournals. The strongest predictor of knowledge wasn’t career length or early-career status - it was the number of articles published in the past 5 years.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.2020

The authors conclude that professional development on this topic should target not only early-career, but also senior researchers - especially those who rarely publish in journals.

#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicPublishing

A new study examined how well US university faculty across disciplines know about #PredatoryJournals. The strongest predictor of knowledge wasn’t career length or early-career status - it was the number of articles published in the past 5 years.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/leap.2020

The authors conclude that professional development on this topic should target not only early-career, but also senior researchers - especially those who rarely publish in journals.

#ResearchIntegrity #AcademicPublishing

Wenn in deiner Publikationsliste plötzlich ein Artikel zu viel auftaucht, hat womöglich jemand deinen Namen für die Autorenzeile eines Fake-Papers gekapert. Ein Beispiel dafür in unserem Blog: https://www.laborjournal.de/blog/?p=14366 #PredatoryJournals #ScientificIntegrity #ScientificPublishing

Wenn in deiner Publikationsliste plötzlich ein Artikel zu viel auftaucht, hat womöglich jemand deinen Namen für die Autorenzeile eines Fake-Papers gekapert. Ein Beispiel dafür in unserem Blog: https://www.laborjournal.de/blog/?p=14366 #PredatoryJournals #ScientificIntegrity #ScientificPublishing

Ein Phänomen, von dem auch Ingenieurwissenschaften und Informatik bei weitem nicht verschont sind.

Die Unterminierung der Forschung – KATAPULT-Magazin
https://katapult-magazin.de/de/artikel/die-unterminierung-der-forschung

#fakeresearch #publishorperishculture #predatoryjournals

The Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences tells me that "Your groundbreaking research can elevate JEES' impact and inspire innovation worldwide" and asks me to submit. I am a linguist who works on acoustics of spontaneous speech, who knows 0 about earth science past middle school level. Imposter syndrome really shouldn't be a problem in our world, should it? #AcademicChatter #ImposterSyndrome #PredatoryJournals

The Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences tells me that "Your groundbreaking research can elevate JEES' impact and inspire innovation worldwide" and asks me to submit. I am a linguist who works on acoustics of spontaneous speech, who knows 0 about earth science past middle school level. Imposter syndrome really shouldn't be a problem in our world, should it? #AcademicChatter #ImposterSyndrome #PredatoryJournals

¿Todavía piensas que es una broma de @futurimperfectotve.bsky.social  y @tamayostuff.bsky.social? #RevistasDepredadoras #PredatoryJournals 🤓👇 https://clinmedjournals.org/articles/cmrcr/clinical-medical-reviews-and-case-reports-cmrcr-10-420.php

Una buena herramienta son las checklists de @thinkchecksub.bsky.social #PublicaciónAcadémica #PeerReview #RevistasDepredadoras #PredatoryJournals 👇

Journals • Think. Check. Submi...

Elegir la revista adecuada para publicar es crucial y evitar las #RevistasDepredadoras es esencial. https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/futuro-imperfecto/tamayo-estudio-falso/16592219/ #PublicaciónAcadémica #PeerReview #PredatoryJournals

Tamayo cuela un estudio falso ...

@tamayostuff se suma a '#FuturoImperfecto' para explicarnos lo fácil que es colar estudios inventados en los “#predatoryjournals” a cambio de dinero.

Aquí, el reportaje completo:
https://www.rtve.es/play/videos/futuro-imperfecto/tamayo-estudio-falso/16592219/
https://www.threads.com/@futuroimperfecto.rtve/post/DKFZJABv1wN?xmt=AQF0tvD63_JF6VqubLBLGxT77814D4OAEjwtkuy1-JRR_A
#stopdesinformación
#Revistadepredadora
#revistas

Shaharima Parvin of East West University in Bangladesh presents her experience as a librarian.

"Information wants to be free. It also wants to be expensive" - Stewart Brand, 1984

Trust is at risk, but open access helps promote scholarly communication - however, many senior researchers believe all OA is predatory. Many academics want to publish asap, don't know about indexing, and lack funds.

#EASEevents #EASEoslo #Librarians #ScholComm #PredatoryJournals #PredatoryPublishing #Bangladesh

Think. Check. Submit. helps teach researchers and others to identify predatory and questionable journals. Sofie Wennström presents at our conference in Oslo on how the tips guide authors as an alternative to block lists, allow lists, and the uncritical use of journal metrics. They also help journals ensure they are being and presenting as trustworthy.

#PredatoryPublishing #PredatoryJournals #ThinkCheckSubmit #JournalPublishing #CriticalAppraisal #PublicationEthics #EASEevents #EASEoslo

Today in #PredatoryPublishing: A predatory journal encouraging me to submit an editorial piece I wrote for *another journal* about being an editor of *that journal*, for publication in their predatory journal.

Chef's kiss 🤌

@academicchatter

#Academic #Writing #AcademicWriting #PredatoryJournals

Today in #PredatoryPublishing: A predatory journal encouraging me to submit an editorial piece I wrote for *another journal* about being an editor of *that journal*, for publication in their predatory journal.

Chef's kiss 🤌

@academicchatter

#Academic #Writing #AcademicWriting #PredatoryJournals

Most people still don't know: publishing in real scientific journals is usually free.
A new study shows how pseudo-journals in 🇮🇳 exploit researchers, offering "cheap" publications for just $25.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvaf017

The authors of the #ResearchEvaluation study advise: carefully check open access models and journal fee policies. Education and critical thinking remain our main tools against academic fraud.

#OpenAccess #OpenScience #AcademicIntegrity #PredatoryJournals #OpenJournals

Most people still don't know: publishing in real scientific journals is usually free.
A new study shows how pseudo-journals in 🇮🇳 exploit researchers, offering "cheap" publications for just $25.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/reseval/rvaf017

The authors of the #ResearchEvaluation study advise: carefully check open access models and journal fee policies. Education and critical thinking remain our main tools against academic fraud.

#OpenAccess #OpenScience #AcademicIntegrity #PredatoryJournals #OpenJournals

Predatory journals have only gotten worse. A decade after 'Get Me Off Your F*ck*ng Mailing List' was accepted, the grift continues—and somehow it's even more shameless.
#academia #predatoryjournals #sciencenews

https://boingboing.net/2025/04/12/predatory-journals-even-worse-since-get-me-off-your-fckng-mailing-list-was-accepted-for-publication.html

Predatory journals have only gotten worse. A decade after 'Get Me Off Your F*ck*ng Mailing List' was accepted, the grift continues—and somehow it's even more shameless.
#academia #predatoryjournals #sciencenews

https://boingboing.net/2025/04/12/predatory-journals-even-worse-since-get-me-off-your-fckng-mailing-list-was-accepted-for-publication.html

A small but telling academic exchange: Dr. Oviedo-García raised concerns about how we cited her 2021 paper on watchlists. We clarified it was only a historical reference to Beall’s lists - no claims implied.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103049

Elsevier’s editors now suggest we bury the hatchet. Gladly. 🕊️

#AcademicPublishing #CitationEthics #PredatoryJournals #ScholarlyCommunication #ResearchIntegrity

A small but telling academic exchange: Dr. Oviedo-García raised concerns about how we cited her 2021 paper on watchlists. We clarified it was only a historical reference to Beall’s lists - no claims implied.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103049

Elsevier’s editors now suggest we bury the hatchet. Gladly. 🕊️

#AcademicPublishing #CitationEthics #PredatoryJournals #ScholarlyCommunication #ResearchIntegrity

Stings aim to expose predatory journals by submitting papers so conspicuously flawed that a journal with peer reviewers and an attentive editor would reject them. Writing in European Science Editing, Adam Larson and Matan Shelomi propose guidelines and best practices for sting operations, peer review red flags, drafting public statements, and thoughts on costs and benefits to authors:
https://doi.org/10.3897/ese.2025.e137960

#AcademicPublishing #PeerReview #PredatoryJournals

Fallen #Forschende auf Doppelgänger-Journale oder andere #PredatoryJournals herein, können sie inzwischen zu Rückzahlungen und Retraktionen veranlasst werden. Unter anderem auch von der @dfg_public wie Bettina Dupont berichtet: https://www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3153.php

Fallen #Forschende auf Doppelgänger-Journale oder andere #PredatoryJournals herein, können sie inzwischen zu Rückzahlungen und Retraktionen veranlasst werden. Unter anderem auch von der @dfg_public wie Bettina Dupont berichtet: https://www.laborjournal.de/editorials/3153.php

#Retraction handling by potential #predatory #journals
(published in 'Accountability in #Research’)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08989621.2024.2434245

#ScholComm #integrity #publishing #retractions #predatoryjournals #RetractionWatch #WoS #qualitycontrol

#Retraction handling by potential #predatory #journals
(published in 'Accountability in #Research’)

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08989621.2024.2434245

#ScholComm #integrity #publishing #retractions #predatoryjournals #RetractionWatch #WoS #qualitycontrol