[Air-L] Elsevier and peer review

Jeanine Finn jefinn at utexas.edu
Wed Jan 18 12:32:46 PST 2017


Here’s some more info. and links to archived versions:

https://debunkingdenialism.com/2017/01/16/what-happened-to-jeffrey-bealls-list-of-allegedly-predatory-publishers/?utm_content=buffer0a142&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer


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> On Jan 18, 2017, at 8:53 AM, Joy McNally <JMcNally at ucsusa.org> wrote:
> 
> This was sent around this morning from a library listserv:
> 
> Librarian removes controversial list of "predatory" journals and publishers, reportedly in response to "threats and politics."
> https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/18/librarians-list-predatory-journals-reportedly-removed-due-threats-and-politics 
> 
> Someone mentioned that the criteria has been included in Cabell's https://www.cabells.com/about-us 
> 
> Joy McNally Brandow
> Research Support Coordinator
> Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge MA 
> T: +1 617 301-8048 | E: jmcnally at ucsusa.org
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of David Nemer
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 2:45 PM
> To: Kalpana Shankar
> Cc: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Elsevier and peer review
> 
> Thanks Kalpana!
> 
> I tried to go to Beall's list and to my surprise, it is no longer available for consultation. I even found a recent blog post questioning its disappearance.
> https://debunkingdenialism.com/2017/01/16/what-happened-to-jeffrey-bealls-list-of-allegedly-predatory-publishers/
> 
> It is all very odd. Does anyone have any leads on this?
> 
> best,
> 
> --
> *David Nemer, PhD*
> Assistant Professor
> School of Information Science
> University of Kentucky
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> On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Kalpana Shankar <kalpana.shankar at ucd.ie>
> wrote:
> 
>> I would second the recommendation to look at Jeffrey Beall's list (he 
>> is an academic librarian and was threatened with a law suit in 2013 to 
>> the tune of 1 billion US dollars by OMICS, one of the firms he 
>> targeted which is predatory publishing outfit in India; the relevant 
>> legal statute in India was struck down in 2015):
>> 
>> List of predatory publishers:
>> https://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/
>> 
>> Best.
>> 
>> Kalpana
>> 
>> On 29 December 2016 at 14:03, José María Mateos <chema at rinzewind.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 08:50:56AM -0500, Zach McDowell wrote:
>>> 
>>>> a great place to start, but it might be interesting if there was a 
>>>> repository of OA shaming somewhere (although something tells me 
>>>> someone has this already) to help align our goals. Its unfortunate 
>>>> about Andrew's
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jeffrey Beall [1] has been doing this for some time. Incidentally, 
>>> he is quoted in a New York Times article today about "fake academia"
>> (everything
>>> seems to be fake these days) [2].
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Chema.
>>> 
>>> [1] <https://scholarlyoa.com>
>>> [2] <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/upshot/fake-academe-looki
>>> ng-much-like-the-real-thing.html>
>>> 
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>> 
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