[Air-L] Elsevier and peer review

[Marco Schneider]

This serious warning on SSRN and Elsevier suggested me the idea of sharing
here the CFP that follows, to Capurro's International Review of Information
Ethics,  which includes this kind of issue - Scientometrics, the
promiscuity of scientific research within USA military-industrial complexes
and the general political economy of scientific publishing - among others.

Best,

Marco Schneider


*Call for Papers for Vol. 27 (08/2017)*Information Ethics from a Marxian
Perspectiveedited by Marco Schneider and Ricardo Pimenta

   - Deadline for extended abstracts: *28th February 2017*
   - Notification of acceptance to authors: *15th April 2017*
   - Deadline for full articles: *30th June 2017*
   - Deadline for revised articles: *31st July 2016*
   - Publication: *August 2017*


For further information, especially on how to submit a paper, please see
the detailed cfp:
*Information Ethics from a Marxian Perspective - Call for Papers for Vol.
27 <http://www.i-r-i-e.net/call_for_papers_27.htm>*

http://www.i-r-i-e.net/call_for_papers_27.htm

2016-12-29 2:09 GMT-02:00 Sharon Greenfield <sharon.greenfield at rmit.edu.au>:

> The other day I was told by someone not in academia that there are
> regularly planted independently written 'articles' (quotes mine) to places
> like the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) https://www.ssrn.com so as
> to give a 'credible source' for right wing racist media pundits and those
> who follow them.
>
> Thoughts on this process? SSRN is an arm of Elsevier. As apparent by below
> planted 'article' (quotes again mine) and the multitude of scientific
> errors, there is no peer review. Does this 'open access' of research
> journals from Elsevier dilute any credibility they have? Would love to chat
> with someone at Elsevier about this. I do understand what a tough place the
> publishing industry is in right now.
>
> I was pointed to below link which is being used to back up quotes like "97%
> of women with children by black male partners get ZERO financial help from
> their partner." :
>
> https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2625893
>
> Ninety Two Percent: Examining the Birth Trends, Family Structure, Economic
> Standing, Paternal Relationships, and Emotional Stability of Biracial
> Children with African American Fathers
> Tiffany N. Calloway
> <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2418846>
> Independent
> June 2, 2015
> *Abstract: *
> This study examines the birth trends, family structure, economic standing,
> paternal relationships, and emotional stability of biracial children with
> African American fathers. For study implementation quantitative research
> methods were used. Questions were asked through a questionnaire that was
> administered to 1000 women spanning the united States that were equally
> ranging from 3 different racial groups; Caucasian, Asian, and Hispanic.
> Participants were recruited through the internet, radio, and news. This
> study finds that 92% of biracial children with African American fathers are
> born out of wedlock and 82% end up on government assistance. The results of
> this study make it very clear that biracial children with African American
> fathers are fatherless on a scale much larger than the public may realize.
>
> *Number of Pages in PDF File:* 12
>
> *Keywords:* Biracial, out of wedlock, fatherless, black fathers,
> interracial
>
>
>
> --------------------------
> *Sharon Greenfield*
> PhD Researcher
> School of Media and Communication
> RMIT University, Australia
>
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