A Scholarly Sting Operation Shines a Light on 'Predatory' Journals

["Dave Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
Date: Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 8:48 PM
Subject: [ NNSquad ] A Scholarly Sting Operation Shines a Light on
'Predatory' Journals
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A Scholarly Sting Operation Shines a Light on 'Predatory' Journals

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/22/science/open-access-journals.html

        The applicant's nom de plume was not exactly subtle, if you
        know Polish. The middle initial and surname of the author,
        Anna O. Szust, mean "fraudster." Her publications were fake
        and her degrees were fake. The book chapters she listed among
        her publications could not be found, but perhaps that should
        not have been a surprise because the book publishers were
        fake, too.  Yet, when Dr. Fraud applied to 360 randomly
        selected open-access academic journals asking to be an editor,
        48 accepted her and four made her editor in chief. She got two
        offers to start a new journal and be its editor. One journal
        sent her an email saying, "It's our pleasure to add your name
        as our editor in chief for the journal with no
        responsibilities."  Little did they know that they had fallen
        for a sting, plotted and carried out by a group of researchers
        who wanted to draw attention to and systematically document
        the seamy side of open-access publishing. While those types of
        journals began with earnest aspirations to make scientific
        papers available to everyone, their proliferation has had
        unintended consequences.

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--Lauren--


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