[Air-L] Elsevier and peer review

[Richard Forno]

Related to this topic / concern ... presumably folks heard the other day about Duke professors in certain fields teaching certain classes being contacted by a (confirmed) fake student asking for pre-semester copies of reading lists, syllabai, etc.   

False Inquiries
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/12/27/duke-professors-report-emails-someone-falsely-claiming-be-student-seeking

Fake student emails professors asking to see syllabi, University issues security alert
http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2016/12/fake-student-emails-professors-asking-to-see-syllabi-university-issues-security-alert

-- rick

> On Dec 29, 2016, at 06:38, Andrew Herman <aherman at wlu.ca> wrote:
> 
> Sharon
> 
> Thanks for the bring this to the attention of the list.  This is an area of great concern and certainly is an aspect of the Gramscian war of position against the racist "alt-right" what she should be engaged in.  This also points to one of the problems of open access publishing that we are now beinning to encounter.
> 
> Is anybody doing research on this facet of the tactics of the right?
> 
> Andrew
> ________________________________________
> From: Air-L <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Sharon Greenfield <sharon.greenfield at rmit.edu.au>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2016 11:09 PM
> To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> Subject: [Air-L] Elsevier and peer review
> 
> 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
> 
> 
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